IndiGo flight enters Pak airspace, second incident in a month
The flight's diversion was expertly planned by air traffic controllers from both nations, who were in Jammu and Lahore and later landed safely in Amritsar.
- India News
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For the second time this month, an IndiGo flight entered the Pakistani airspace on Sunday. Flight 6e-2124 from Srinagar-Jammu entered the Pakistan airspace for a while, but was later diverted to Amritsar. According to the airline company, the flight was forced to enter Pakistani airspace due to bad weather conditions. Authorities in both countries were reportedly informed before the flight was diverted.
“IndiGo 6e-2124 flight entered Pakistan airspace for a while due to bad weather and the flight was diverted to Amritsar,” IndiGo officials told ANI.
The flight's diversion was expertly planned by air traffic controllers in Jammu and Lahore, and the plane landed safely in Amritsar, the official said.
The aircraft involved in the incident is a new Airbus - A321neo - registered as VT-IBN. Its delivery was taken by IndiGo earlier this month.
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Not the first time...
A similar event occurred earlier this month when an IndiGo Amritsar-Ahmedabad flight, due to severe weather, entered Pakistani airspace.
“IndiGo flight 6E-645, operating from Amritsar to Ahmedabad had to take a deviation over Atari into Pakistan airspace due to bad weather. The deviation was well-coordinated with Pakistan by Amritsar ATC via telephone. The crew was in continuous contact with Pakistan on R/T and the flight landed in Ahmedabad safely post the deviation,” said IndiGo in a statement.
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According to officials, the incident took place in the evening due to bad weather conditions with the plane going up to Gujranwala (close to Lahore). It reportedly returned to India at 8:01 pm.