Smoke detected in cockpit of Air India flight
An Air India flight carrying 155 passengers was forced to make an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport on Monday after the pilot detected smoke in the cockpit, the airline said. The Mumbai-Bhubaneswar flight was forced to return to Mumbai Airport barely 15 minutes after take-off. The flight landed safely, while passengers were accommodated on a different flight.
An Air India Mumbai-Bhubaneshwar flight was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after take-off due to suspected smoke in the cockpit here on Monday, officials said.The flight AI-669 took off at 2.14 p.m. from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport but barely 15 minutes after it was airborne, it was forced to return, said an official.A full emergency was declared and the aircraft made a safe landing with all passengers and crew on board safe.The emergency was later withdrawn and the aircraft was parked in a remote bay at the CSMIA.Also read:Air India flight overshoots runway at Pune airport, all passengers safe 