What: Kingfisher en route from Mumbai to Bhubaneshwar
Where: Mumbai
When: Jan 19, 2011
Who: 117 passengers
Why: After taking off at 1:51, the pilot received a “cautionary systems alert,” declared emergency at 2:31 and returned to Mumbai at 3:15 where he made a safe landing. No injuries or damage to the plane was reported, and no details on what the alert actually was.
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