Passengers aboard a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Ayodhya allegedly had a harrowing experience after the aircraft attempted landing twice at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport but due to bad weather, it couldn’t succeed. This happened on April 13 on flight 6E2702.
A passenger aboard the flight took to the microblogging site X and detailed the harrowing experience. They had a harrowing experience recently with IndiGo6E Flight No. 6E2702 from Ayodhya to Delhi. The scheduled departure time is 3:25 p.m. and the scheduled arrival time is 4:30 pm. The pilot at around 4:15 pm announced that there was bad weather at the Delhi Airport and assured that the plane had 45 minutes of Holding Fuel. The pilot attempted landing twice, but couldn’t because of the bad weather and still wasted a lot of time deciding the next course of action.
After failing to land at the Delhi Airport twice, the pilot said that the flight was diverted to Chandigarh Airport. The flight managed to land at 6:25 pm at Chandigarh after 115 minutes since the announcement of 45 minutes of holding fuel. By that time lot of passengers one of the crew, and staff started to panic, the passenger also mentioned that, finally the plane managed to land at 6:10 p.m. At Chandigarh Airport after a lapse of 115 minutes since the 45 minutes Holding fuel announcement. Passengers upon landing got to know through the crew it had only 2 minutes of fuel left as they landed.
Passengers only knew after landing that they had landed in the nick of time with only 1 or 2 minutes of fuel left from the crew staff. IndiGo Airlines released a statement mentioning that standard operating procedure was followed during the flight’s diversion to Chandigarh. On the 13th of April, the IndiGo flight 6E 2702 which was operating between Ayodhya and Delhi was diverted to Chandigarh because of the bad weather in Delhi. The captain executed a go-around which is in line with the usual operating procedure. This is a safe maneuver. According to an IndiGo Spokesperson, at all times the aircraft had enough fuel to divert to an alternate airport, as per regulations.
Due to bad weather, as many as 22 flights were diverted at Delhi’s IGI Airport between 3:00 – 6:30 pm on Saturday. On Saturday evening the national capital witnessed heavy rainfall affecting a few flight operations. Of the 22 Delhi-bound flights, to Jaipur nine were diverted, eight to Lucknow, two to Chandigarh, and one each to Varanasi, Amritsar, and Ahmedabad.
