Delhi-bound IndiGo Flight Misses Taxiway After Landing At IGI Airport, No Injuries Reported

The incident led to the blocking of a runway for some 15 minutes at IGI Airport.

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File photo of an Indigo flight | Photo: PTI
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A Delhi-bound IndiGo aircraft from Amritsar missed the taxiway after landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Sunday.

The incident led to the blocking of a runway for some 15 minutes. The A320 aircraft went to the dead end of the runway 28/10, PTI reported.

It said the incident affected some flight operations. Later, an IndiGo towing van towed the aircraft from the dead end of the runway to a parking bay.

Comments from IndiGo on the incident are awaited.

IGIA, the country's largest airport and handles around 1,400 flights daily, has four operational runways.

This latest episode comes amid a series of incidents in recent days involving the airline.

On January 31, chaos erupted at the Delhi airport as passengers protested after IndiGo cancelled a flight to Deoghar, Jharkhand.

The angry flyers raised slogans like 'Indigo Chor Hai', questioning the airline's sudden decision.

Also last month, cricketer Mayank Agarwal filed a police complaint after drinking 'poisonous liquid' in a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight.

Following the incident, he had to be hospitalised in Agartala.

In one of the major incidents, a frustrated passenger was caught on camera hitting the pilot of an IndiGo flight while the latter was making an announcement regarding delays.

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