Dubai-bound Indigo flight diverted to Ahmedabad after technical snag

According to airport officials, the Airbus A320-271N, operating as flight 6E 1507, which departed from Surat at 9.45 am, made a precautionary landing in Ahmedabad around 11.40 am

Published on: Aug 28, 2025, 17:56:23 IST

By Maulik Pathak

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Ahmedabad: An IndiGo flight from Surat to Dubai, carrying over 170 passengers, was diverted to Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport on Thursday morning after it encountered a technical issue mid-air, officials said.

IndiGo arranged an alternative aircraft for passengers to continue their journey to Dubai. (Representational Image)

According to airport officials, the Airbus A320-271N, operating as flight 6E 1507, which departed from Surat at 9.45 am, made a precautionary landing in Ahmedabad around 11.40 am.

Clarifying that the landing was not classified as an “emergency,” an airport official said, “Due to some technical issues mid-air, the Surat-Dubai IndiGo flight was diverted to Ahmedabad. It was not an emergency landing.”

IndiGo arranged an alternative aircraft for passengers to continue their journey to Dubai.

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An IndiGo spokesperson said, “IndiGo flight 6E 1507, operating from Surat to Dubai, made a precautionary landing at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad due to a technical snag. While the aircraft is undergoing necessary maintenance checks before resuming operations, an alternative aircraft was promptly arranged to complete the journey.”

The aircraft that experienced the technical snag is currently undergoing maintenance checks by engineers at the SVPI Airport.

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Maulik Pathak
He is an Ahmedabad-based journalist with more than two decades of experience. His career spans business journalism and general news, with reporting across politics, crime, governance, public policy, business, industry, infrastructure, energy, ports, aviation, the environment, wildlife and social issues. He began his career in feature writing before moving into business journalism, reporting on companies and sectors including energy, infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, automobiles and real estate. Over the years, his work expanded to politics, courts, crime, public policy, civic affairs, the environment and wildlife. His reporting has taken him from government offices and courtrooms to factory floors, ports, forests and remote villages, covering stories that range from industrial investments and financial markets to elections, conservation and issues affecting everyday life. While many assignments demand the pace of the daily news cycle, others require sustained reporting over months and years to follow developments beyond the headlines. He started his journalism career with the Asian Age in Ahmedabad in 2002 as a feature writer and sub-editor. Since 2022, he has been working with Hindustan Times. Earlier, he worked with Business Standard, DNA, The Economic Times, Mint and The Times of India. His longest stint was with Mint, where he spent more than eight years reporting across multiple beats. During his career, he has worked in both reporting and editing roles, contributing to page planning, local editions and special editorial projects as newsrooms evolved from print-first operations to digital publishing. Early in his career, he also worked on media and documentary projects with an NGO and as a copywriter at a communications agency before returning to journalism. Away from work, he sometimes makes time for a pair of binoculars, table tennis, cinema and the occasional poem.Read More

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