A Hyderabad-bound Air India aircraft with 28 passengers on board had to head back and make an emergency landing after a technical alarm bell went off minutes after it had taken off from Kolkata on Saturday, an official said.
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"The flight took off at 5.14 pm from the NSC Bose International Airport with 28 passengers but after the technical alarm went off at 5.18 pm the pilots made a precautionary landing at 5.21 pm," an Air India spokesperson said.
All the passengers of the 70-seater IC 7217 flight were safe.
"The passengers have been re-routed towards their destinations by a Bangalore-based flight that departed at 6.15 pm," the spokesperson said.
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