IA flight, with Pranab on board, makes emergency landing

Kolkata: In a dramatic development at the Kolkata Airport today that kept everyone on tenterhooks, the Delhi-bound Indian Airlines flight that was carrying Defence minister Pranab Mukherjee had to resort to an emergency landing.
About 25 minutes after take-off, the flight developed a technical snag in the right engine which prompted a decision for emergency landing of the aircraft. The flight IC-201, which took off at the scheduled departure time at 5.20 pm, was carrying 129 passengers. There was a flurry of activities at the airport with the authorities running helter and skelter to come up with an alternative arrangement for the minister.
Ultimately, they arranged for a Kingfisher flight IT-605 to take Mukherjee to his destination scheduled at 6.15 pm. The other passengers in the flight had to wait until they could board another Delhi-bound Indian Airlines IC-201 flight which had its scheduled departure at 7.10 pm.
28/08/06 Kolkata Newsline

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