AI plane makes emergency landing in Th'puram

An Air India plane with 123 passengers and crew on board landed under emergency conditions at the airport in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday after a minor defect was detected in its hydraulic system.

An Air India plane with 123 passengers and crew on board landed under emergency conditions at the airport in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday after a minor defect was detected in its hydraulic system.

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All the passengers and crew on board are safe, airport and airline sources said.

The Bangalore-Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram flight was scheduled to land here at 1145 hrs. But after the snag was detected all precautions for a safe landing were taken and it touched down at 12.15 hrs, they said.