Indigo passengers in a tizzy as flight lands and takes off within seconds in Bengaluru

Aviation

While the flight was to reach Bengaluru at 4:45 pm, it finally landed at 5:10 pm despite departing from Madurai on time.

TNM Staff

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Passengers on board an Indigo flight travelling from Madurai to Bengaluru were in for a shock on Sunday evening when their flight landed at 5 pm on Sunday with a loud thump but took off again within seconds.  Taking to Twitter, one passenger called for a probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) regarding the same.  He said, “@DGCAIndia @IndiGo6E pls investigate what happened on flight 6e7219 madurai to Bangalore..it landed with a loud thump and again took off in the air...then landed 20 minutes later..” The Times of India reported the incident took place due to prevalence of crosswinds as announced by the pilot of the flight through the public address system. While the flight was to reach Bengaluru at 4:45 pm, it finally landed at 5:10 pm despite departing from Madurai on time. Speaking to TOI, the passenger who tweeted, said, ““My wife and I, who were travelling with our 3-year-old daughter, were very worried about what happened. The flight touched down in Bengaluru and then in a span of five to 10 seconds again took off. Then it hovered in the air for about 20 minutes. Initially, even the crew members were not sure of what was happening.”  He added, “About 10 minutes after the flight was airborne again, the pilot took to the public announcement system and told us that due to ‘winds’ we had to take off again. But when I later enquired with the air hostess, she told me that it was because they got an emergency call from the Air Traffic Control (ATC), asking them to take off again.” TNM could not reach Indigo for a comment. Crosswinds are winds which blow across the runway of a flight which affect the direction of the flight while taking off or landing forcing them to veer off from their intended trajectory if wind speeds are higher than a certain limit. Likewise, tailwinds are gutsy winds that push the aircraft from the rear while landing or taking off. In 2015, a DGCA audit had found there were a significant number of pilots who did not know safety procedures for operating under these conditions.  While crosswinds are not common in Bengaluru, there was a recent such incident at the Kolkata airport. A Pune-Kolkata flight had skidded off the runway after it landed. In that incident, the flight had deviated from its original trajectory. No injuries were reported. 

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