Two flights return to Chennai airport after takeoff

The Chennai-Kolkata Alliance Air flight with 89 passengers on board returned to the Kamaraj domestic airport today following a crack on the cockpit window of the aircraft. Airport sources said the flight via Bhubaneshwar took off at 1135 hrs after a delay of about an hour. When the pilot noticed the crack and informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC) , the ATC directed the pilot to return to Chennai as the Bhubaneshwar airport lacked emeregency landing facility. Following this, the pilot landed the flight safely at 1240 hrs.

A total of 34 passengers bound for Bhubaneshwar were sent there at 1415 hrs by the Chennai-Bhubaneshwar Air Deccan flight, while the remaining passengers bound for Kolkata were sent by a scheduled Indian flight at 1515 hrs, the sources said. Meanwhile, the Chennai-Port Blair Jet Airways flight with 145 passengers aboard also returned to the Kamaraj domestic airport here as it could not land at Port Blair due to bad weather condition. The aircraft, which left at 1025 hrs, reached Port Blair around 1300 hrs, and after hovering some time over the airport, returned to Chennai as the weather condition worsened further. All the passengers were accommodated in different hotels and would be sent to Port Blair tomorrow after the weather improves, the sources said.

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