Indigo Flight with Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on board aborted at Nagpur

The passengers were awaiting an alternative arrangement by the airline, but details of the technical `defect` in the aircraft were not known.

Indigo Flight with Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on board aborted at Nagpur

With Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on-board, a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Nagpur has to return to taxiway from runway, after the aircraft detected serious error and pilot decided to abort the take-off. Passengers were also de-boarded. 

Official sources in Nagpur told IANS that the flight, 6E-636, returned from the taxiway after the pilot made an announcement asking all passengers to deboard.

The passengers were awaiting an alternative arrangement by the airline, but details of the technical `defect` in the aircraft were not known.

The aircraft, an A-320, was reportedly carrying around 143 passengers, and the aborted take-off was due to an `indication error`.

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The Union minister was scheduled to travel to Delhi from Nagpur on Tuesday morning.

Written By: ZeeBiz WebTeam
Updated: Tue, Aug 13, 2019
02:08 PM IST
New Delhi, ZeeBiz WebDesk
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