Chennai: An Air India flight with round 180 passengers on board had a slender get away on Wednesday morning at Chennai airport. The plane, strolling back from Singapore, used to be compelled to abort its touchdown simply earlier than landing because of surprising crosswinds. It used to be scheduled to land at 10:15 am.
Officials showed that the flight had descended to almost 200 ft, however because of the surprising crosswinds and a prime fee of descent, the pilots initiated a go-around. After 30 mins, the flight turned around again and landed safely on its 2d strive. No accidents had been reported.
According to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the plane’s method used to be deemed “unstabilised”, a time period utilized in aviation when the descent of an plane does now not meet protected touchdown parameters.
“There was a high descent rate, and the wind conditions shifted unexpectedly near the runway, prompting the crew to go around,” an authentic stated, TOI reported. The flight later landed safely, and all passengers disembarked with out incident.