Indigo: Indigo flight going to Madurai suffered a technical fault mid-air; The plane returned to Chennai with 68 passengers

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A private airline’s plane going to Madurai developed a technical fault mid-air on Friday June 20, 2025 . Due to that , it had to return to Chennai. Airport officials said that after flying for about half an hour, the pilot of the Indigo Airlines plane detected the fault and asked for permission to return and land in Chennai. Later on , the plane carrying about 68 passengers landed in Chennai safely. All the passengers were disembarked from the plane. There was no immediate response from Indigo on the matter.

Indigo’s plane going from Kochi to Delhi had received a bomb threat

Earlier on June 17, Indigo’s flight 6E-2706 coming from Kochi, Kerala to Delhi had to make an emergency landing in Nagpur. This step was taken as a precaution after the plane received a bomb threat. Kochi International Airport Limited (CIAL) had said that on Tuesday, IndiGo’s flight (6E-1272) which arrived here from Muscat and left for Delhi (6E-2706) had received a bomb threat. The threat was received on its official email ID about the IndiGo flight, which left for Delhi at 9.31 am with 157 passengers and six crew members. Its landing time in Delhi was 12.35 pm. Meanwhile, after being in the air for two hours and 43 minutes, the plane was landed in Nagpur at 11.54 am.

Turbulence also occurred in Goa-Lucknow IndiGo flight

Earlier, the airline had said in a statement on Tuesday that the IndiGo flight from Goa to Lucknow experienced turbulence mid-air on Monday due to adverse weather, but the crew landed the plane safely. The airline said without giving any further details that flight 6E 6811 landed safely in Lucknow. The airline said, ‘On June 16, IndiGo flight 6E 6811 from North Goa to Lucknow experienced some turbulence due to active monsoon weather conditions in western India. Its pilots and cabin crew, trained to deal with such situations, followed established protocols to ensure the safety of customers.’

Last month, the flight was stuck in heavy rain

Earlier last month, an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Srinagar had 227 passengers on board, including a delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs. The flight fell victim to heavy turbulence due to heavy rain and hailstorm. After this, the pilot informed the air traffic control in Srinagar about the emergency. All the passengers had safely disembarked from the plane, but the front part of the plane was damaged.