IndiGo flight with 224 onboard lands safely after Chennai Airport declares full emergency

A full emergency was declared at Chennai Airport after IndiGo flight 6E723 operating from Kolkata to Chennai reported a left engine inoperative condition shortly before its scheduled arrival on Wednesday night The airport authorities immediately activated emergency response measures to ensure the aircraft could land safelyAccording to PTI the flight which was carrying 224 people subsequently landed safely at Chennai Airport bringing the situation under control without any reported disruption to passengersEmergency response activatedOfficials from the Chennai Airport Authorit said that the full emergency was declared at 1129 pm after the aircraft reported the problem with its left engineAs per the officials Flight 6E723 was scheduled to arrive at Chennai at 1130 pm However the aircraft was expected to reach the airport at around 1137 pmOnce the emergency was declared airport authorities put the necessary arrangements in place to deal with the situation and facilitate the aircraftrsquos safe arrivalEmergency services at the airport were kept ready as the aircraft approached the runwayAircraft landed safely at Chennai AirportDespite all the midair fiasco The IndiGo aircraft eventually landed safely on Runway 25 at 1137 pm with all 224 people on board However the emergency response teams remained prepared as a precaution while the aircraft completed its landingThe Chennai Airport Authority later confirmed that the aircraft had landed safely and that the emergency measures had been successfully carried outWhile the incident did not result in any reported casualties the aircraft was brought to the airport safely despite the enginerelated issueOperations normal at Chennai AirportAfter issuing an emergency it was formally withdrawn at 1147 which is 10 minutes after the aircraft landedFollowing the withdrawal of the emergency Chennai Airport operations returned to normalThe airport authority said the emergency arrangements had been initiated as a precaution after the left engine became inoperative allowing the airportrsquos response teams to remain prepared for any situation during the aircraftrsquos approach and landingThe incident highlights the emergency procedures followed at airports when an aircraft reports a technical problem shortly before landing Such measures allow fire rescue and other response teams to be positioned in advance so that they can act immediately if requiredThe Chennai incident comes weeks after another IndiGo flight had to make an unscheduled emergency landing in GujaratLast month an international IndiGo flight travelling from Dubai to Mumbai was diverted to Rajkot Airport after its pilots received an alert indicating smoke in the aircraftrsquos lower cargo holdFollowing the warning the flight crew declared an emergency and requested priority landing clearance from Air Traffic Control at RajkotAirport authorities immediately activated emergency arrangements ahead of the aircraftrsquos arrival Fire tenders and medical teams were positioned alongside the runway as a precautionThe aircraft subsequently made the emergency landing safelyThe two incidents underline the importance of emergency preparedness at airports particularly when aircraft report technical warnings or other issues while approaching their destinationWith inputs from PTI