What: Air India’s Delhi- Hyderabad-Tirupati flight (IC 942) en route from Indira Gandhi International airport to London
Where: Indira Gandhi International airport
When: Friday-10.15 takeoff; declared emergency around 11.15 am
Who: 66 passengers on board 6 crew members
Why: emergency landing an hour after take off. Passengers rerouted in another aircraft around 12.30 and took off around 1 pm. There was a technical emergency. No one was injured.
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