Landing of Oman Air flight going from Kerala to Muscat has been done. The airport authority said that the landing was made due to a technical fault in the aircraft.
Kozhikode: An Oman Air flight has returned to Kozhikode airport in Kerala. Please tell that this flight was going from Kerala to Muscat, but returned due to some technical problem midway. Airport officials said the Oman Air flight returned to Kozhikode due to a technical snag. The plane has been landed at a safe airport. All passengers are safe. The fault in the plane is being detected.
According to a Kozhikode airport official, flight- WY 298 with 169 people took off from Karipur airport at 9.15 am and returned barely minutes later due to a technical glitch midway. The plane has landed safely.
All passengers safe
“It was a normal landing, the plane landed safely,” said an airport official. “The aircraft circled the airport for more than two hours to burn fuel and lighten up before landing,” he said.