Delhi-Leh flight returns to IGI 2 hours after take-off due to technical issues

IndiGo flight 6E2006 with 140 passengers took off from the Delhi airport at 6.30 am, made a turnaround at 7.30 am and landed at 8.30am

Published on: Jun 20, 2025, 05:26:13 IST

By Jasjeev Gandhiok

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A Leh-bound IndiGo flight returned to Delhi on Thursday two hours after take-off and made an emergency landing after developing a technical snag mid-air, officials said. The flight landed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport safely and passengers were provided an alternative aircraft, which departed at 10.30am, officials said.

The flight landed at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport safely and passengers were provided an alternative aircraft, which departed at 10.30am. (Vipin Kumar/HT Photo)

Airport officials said the IndiGo flight 6E2006 with 140 passengers took off from the Delhi airport at 6.30 am. The flight made a turnaround at 7.30 am, landing back safely at the Delhi airport at 8.30am after seeking priority landing.

IndiGo, in a statement, said its flight had a technical issue which caused operational restrictions to land in Leh. “According to procedures, the pilot returned to Delhi. The aircraft is undergoing necessary maintenance before resuming operations. In the meantime, an alternative aircraft has been arranged to fly the customers to Leh,” said the statement.

“We regret the inconvenience caused to the customers and remain committed to the safety and security of our customers and crew.” it added.

An airport official confirmed the incident, stating there was a technical problem in one of the engines of the aircraft. “The flight landed safely at the airport at around 8.30 am, with passengers and crew also disembarking safely. A second flight left the airport at around 10.36 am,” the official said.

Days earlier, on Sunday, an Air India flight from Delhi to Vadodara had to return back to the capital around 30 minutes after taking-off due to a technical snag. While the flight had departed at 6.50 pm, it landed safely back in Delhi by 7.20 pm, with the crew and passengers disembarking safely for precautionary checks to be carried out.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jasjeev Gandhiok
Jasjeev Gandhiok is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times, where he covers environment, climate change, the clean energy transition and wildlife at the National Bureau. Gandhiok has over a decade of experience in journalism and is based in Delhi. He has reported extensively on Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR). This includes the region's air pollution woes, a polluted Yamuna and on urban wildlife still thriving in the region. He joined HT in October 2021. Prior to that, he had five-year stint at The Times of India in Delhi, where he also covered Delhi, with a focus on environment and wildlife. Gandhiok has covered some recent events around the Capital too, ranging from the farmers' protests, the northeast Delhi riots and the CAA-NRC protests, reporting from the ground on all of these. He also travels across the country to report on how environment and climate change impact everyday life, while also writing on endangered species. His reports in 2019 on toxic leachate from Delhi's landfills led to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking suo motu cognisance and ultimately asking the state government to start bio-mining to flatten and remove all three landfills in the capital. He also closely tracks the implementation of government policies on climate, renewable energy and environmental protection. His focus remains on impactful, public-interest journalism which explains how environmental decisions affect people's everyday lives.Read More

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