Mumbai-bound IndiGo aircraft develops snag at Goa airport; Passengers rescued

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New
Delhi,
Aug
23:
An
engine
of
an
IndiGo
aircraft
scheduled
to
fly
to
Mumbai
with
187
passengers
on
board
developed
a
snag
at
the
Goa
airport
on
Tuesday
afternoon.

All
the
passengers
were
disembarked
safely
by
the
rescue
teams
of
the
Indian
Navy,
said
airport
director
S
V
T
Dhananjaya
Rao.
The
aircraft
was
taken
to
the
taxi
bay
by
the
Navy
teams,
he
told
PTI.

The
Goa
airport
is
a
part
of
the
Navy’s
INS
Hansa
base.
IndiGo
aircraft
6E
6097
Goa
to
Mumbai
with
187
passengers
including
four
infants
on
board
had
to
abort
the
flight
due
to
a
technical
snag
in
the
right
engine
while
proceeding
to
the
runway
at
1.27
pm,
Rao
said.

It
had
to
be
pushed
back
from
Bay
number
nine,
sources
said,
adding
that
the
movement
of
other
aircraft
was
not
affected
due
to
the
incident.