Sonia Gandhi's plane makes emergency landing

A private plane carrying Sonia Gandhi and P Chidambaram from Delhi to Coimbatore made an emergency landing in Bangalore after one of its engines developed a snag.

A private plane carrying Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and Finance Minister P Chidambaram from Delhi to Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday made an emergency landing in Bangalore after one of its engines developed a snag, airport sources in Bangalore said.

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"It was a GMR plane. It made a priority landing because of some problem in its right engine," a source said.

Another plane was chartered for Gandhi to fly to Tamil Nadu, a state Congress party leader said. Gandhi was to address a public meeting in Erode. She was to land in Coimbatore and drive down to Erode.