GoAir flight with 176 passengers makes emergency landing at Delhi

A Mumbai-bound GoAir flight carrying 176 passengers on Monday made an emergency landing at the airport here following a technical glitch, according to the airline.
An airport official said the aircraft made the emergency landing at around 10 p.m. The plane was an A320 sharklet.
"G8 446 (Del- Mum) with 176 passengers had a technical glitch right after becoming airborne.

The flight crew chose to return back to Delhi," GoAir said in a statement.
The aircraft is on ground and being inspected. All passengers have been accommodated in an alternate aircraft, it added.
This is at least the second incident of emergency landing reported on Monday in the country. Earlier in the day, engine failure forced an IndiGo plane to make an emergency landing at Ahmedabad airport.
"At GoAir, the safety and security of passengers and crew is always accorded high priority and never compromised under any circumstance," the statement said.

R-Day closure: 100 flights to be cancelled daily between Jan 18-26 in Delhi

At least 100 domestic flights a day are expected to be canceled between January 18 and 26 from 10:30 am to 12:15 pm as part of annual Republic Day closure, the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) said.

DIAL said it in a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) on Thursday. The authority which operates Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) said it has sought to minimize the inconvenience to the passengers. Approximately 1,000 flights are likely to be affected over a period of nine days This shutdown will also affect around 15,000 passengers daily.

This is for the first time that domestic airlines have been ordered to cancel their flights as till last year they were asked to reschedule their operations. International flights can reschedule their flights during the nine-day period this year.

On an average, Delhi airport handled 1,350 flights every day in 2017. According to officials, while the number of flight handled by the Delhi airport has been going up by 10-15 per cent every year, and the number of passengers by 20 per cent, there has been no corresponding rise in the airspace and terminal capacity, Hindustan Times said in a report.

According to domestic airlines, the short notice to cancel the flights would anger the passengers and they will have to face the brunt even when it is not their fault. Until last year they only had to reschedule their flight timings which was manageable as passengers could fly, said a senior executive on the condition of anonymity, Economic Times reported
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