Abu Dhabi-bound flight returns as pilot falls sick

Abu Dhabi-bound Air India Express flight returned to the Karipur International Airport in Kozhikode on Sunday night about 15 minutes after it took off as the pilot reported 'sick.'

Abu Dhabi-bound Air India Express flight returned to the Karipur International Airport in Kozhikode on Sunday night about 15 minutes after it took off as the pilot reported 'sick.'

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'The IS-347 flight, which left for Abu Dhabi via Thiruvananthapuram at 9.20 pm, returned within 15 minutes as the pilot felt uneasy and report sick,' Air India sources told PTI. Airline officials were working out alternative arrangements to transport the passengers to their destination without much delay, they said.