IndiGo flight en route to Srinagar from Kolkata makes emergency landing in Varanasi

ANI
23 Oct 2025, 00:45 GMT+10

Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 22 (ANI): IndiGo flight 6E-6961 enroute to Srinagar from Kolkata made a priority emergency landing at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi following fuel issues, the airport authority said.

A total of 166 passengers, along with the crew members, were on board the flight. Following the landing, all of them were escorted safely to the arrival area.

'Kolkata to Srinagar IndiGo 6E6961 flight made a priority landing in Varanasi following fuel issues. The flight has 166 passengers,' Airport Authority said in a statement.

Further details are awaited.

On October 19, a Saudia Airlines flight from Jakarta to Medina was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala due to a medical emergency.

A passenger onboard the flight fell unconscious, prompting the diversion. The aircraft safely landed in Thiruvananthapuram, and the passenger, an Indonesian national, was shifted to Ananthapuri Hospital for medical attention, officials at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport said. (ANI)

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