Overview
- The IndiGo flight departed Trichy at about 6:40 p.m. on Friday and, after a technical problem was detected shortly after takeoff, remained in a holding pattern for roughly two and a half hours to burn fuel before returning.
- The aircraft landed safely at Trichy International Airport at around 9 p.m., there were no reported injuries among the 127 passengers, and airport staff coordinated with the crew throughout the incident.
- Airport authorities arranged an alternate flight so all 127 passengers could continue to Singapore and said they would be accommodated on that service.
- Officials described the circling and fuel reduction as a precautionary measure and a standard safety procedure used when crews prepare for a diversion and landing.
- The incident comes the same week IndiGo reported a brief, now-resolved outage of its reservation system, a detail that feeds questions about short-term operational resilience at one of India’s largest carriers.