Singapore-Chennai flight makes emergency landing in Chennai

October 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Chennai-Coimbatore Jetlite flight with Home Minister P. Chidambaram on board made an emergency landing at Chennai airport.

October 2nd, 2009 CHENNAI - A Coimbatore-bound Jet Airways flight with union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and 63 others on board returned to Chennai after developing a technical snag Friday.

September 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Mumbai to Bangalore Kingfisher Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport soon after take-off after its landing gear malfunctioned on Tuesday. Preliminary reports quoting sources said that Kingfisher Flight IT 103, which was carrying 98 passengers headed for Bangalore reported a gear malfunction soon after take off to Air Traffic Control (ATC).

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Air India flight had to make an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi international airport in the national capital on Thursday, after its pilot reported a technical snag. According to reports, the AI flight 3307 from Tokyo to Delhi landed safely in the airport.

August 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - One hundred and forty-one passengers and crew of a Chennai-bound Air India flight had a miraculous escape when the pilot managed to safely land the aircraft here Saturday in spite of a tyre burst while taking off from Singapore.

August 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - It was a close shave for 141 passengers and crew of a Chennai-bound Air India flight as the pilot managed to safely land the aircraft here Saturday despite a tyre burst while taking off from Singapore. "The officials of Singapore airport suspected a tyre burst in the Chennai-bound Air India flight when they found pieces of rubber on their runway and warned us, as well as the pilot," an official of the Chennai airport told IANS.

July 27th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Air Arabia Chennai-Sharjah flight was grounded at Chennai International Airport Monday morning due to technical problems in the aircraft. Speaking to IANS on the condition of anonymity, an airport official said: "The Airbus-320 belonging to Air Arabia flew into Chennai from Sharjah around 3 a.m.

July 3rd, 2009 NAGPUR - A New Delhi bound Air India flight (IC 466) had to make an emergency landing at Nagpur's Dr.Ambedkar International Airport on Friday morning following a complaint of technical snag. The Kochi - Delhi flight was carrying 151 passengers, including Kerala Chief Minister V.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An Indian Airlines flight - IC 942 - had to make an emergency landing here on Monday shortly after take off for Hyderabad. The plane developed a technical snag while in flight.

March 17th, 2009 CHENNAI - A passenger was found dead in the Chennai bound Air India flight from Kuala Lumpur, police said Monday. Immigration authorities identified the deceased as P.

January 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An alert was declared at the Delhi airport Sunday evening after a plane on a domestic flight requested an emergency landing apparently to contain a unruly passenger on board, official sources said. Indigo flight E-664 from Goa to Delhi landed at 5.15 p.m.

January 18th, 2009 BANGALORE - Kingfisher Airlines Monday launched daily direct flights to Colombo from Bangalore and Chennai, the airlines said here. 'The flights on these two new routes will be operated using brand new Airbus A320 aircraft,' it said in a press release.

January 16th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Jet Airways flight had to make an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here after its engine caught fire Saturday. All passengers were safe, an airport official said.

January 6th, 2009 CHENNAI - Wednesday's matches in the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament were called off after persistent showers that began in the afternoon and continued through the evening. The matches have been rescheduled to commence Thursday afternoon, organisers announced.

January 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. 'We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Monday),' a Kingfisher spokesperson said Sunday.