Varanasi: The Kolkata-Srinagar flight (no. 6E-6961) of IndiGo Airlines made a priority landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport on Wednesday evening after pilot noticed a fuel leak.
LBSI airport director Puneet Gupta said: "Pilot of IndiGo Airlines flight noticed fuel leak after which he contacted air traffic control Varanasi and requested priority landing. On receiving permission, the aircraft landed safely on the runway around 4:10 pm." Gupta said necessary action was taken by the airlines.
Following landing of the flight with 166 passengers onboard, the aircraft was examined by technical team for repair. Until completion of repair and departure of aircraft, all passengers were seated in arrival hall.
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