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Emergency Landing in Bangalore

What: Kingfisher Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-500 en route from Bangalore to Hyderabad
Where: Bangalore airport
When: Jan 16, 2011 8:26 a.m.
Who: 27 passengers, 5 crew
Why: After taking off an hour late due to bad weather, the plane immediately developed a problem in its right engine. A fire warning alerted the pilot.

The pilot reported to ATC and returned to make a safe landing at Bangalore airport after ten minutes aloft. Anther plane is being scheduled for the passengers.

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