Indigo flight makes emergency landing at Kolkata after smoke alert, passengers safe

The flight 6E-237 was flying from Jaipur to Kolkata when the smoke was detected, but the plane landed safely at Kolkata.

An IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on Tuesday after a smoke alert and all passengers were evacuated safely, the airline said.

An Indigo flight from Jaipur to Kolkata made an emergency landing at Kolkata after reporting a smoke alert (File photo) (HT)

The flight 6E-237 was flying from Jaipur to Kolkata when the smoke was detected, but the plane landed safely at Kolkata.

There was no earlier report of any malfunction with the A-320 airplane, IndiGo said.