Kingfisher flight faces tech snag

A Bangalore-bound Kingfisher flight with 96 passengers on board on Tuesday returned to the city after being air-borne for 12 minutes following a technical snag in the aircraft's landing gear, an airport official said.

A Bangalore-bound Kingfisher flight with 96 passengers on board on Tuesday returned to the city after being air-borne for 12 minutes following a technical snag in the aircraft's landing gear, an airport official said.

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The Kingfisher flight, IT 103 Mumbai-Bangalore, made a normal landing and all passengers are safe, MIAL spokesperson Maneesh Kalghatgi said.

"The flight took off at 0905 hours for Bangalore and returned at 0917 hours due to its landing gear not retracting," he said.