Last Updated on November 11, 2021 8: 26am

A Kolkata-bound Air India flight had to make an emergency landing minutes after taking off from the Kumbhigram Airport at Silchar in south Assam on Wednesday.

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The aircraft with 144 passengers on board made the emergency landing after the pilot detected a technical snag.

The flight had taken off from Silchar’s airport around 7:52 am but had to make the emergency landing at 8:13am.

Officials said all the passengers and crew de-boarded from the aircraft safely.

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According to Silchar Airport Director PK Gorai the pilot detected the snag along with a hydraulic leak.

“…the pilot…landed the plane back at the Silchar airport. A full emergency was declared at the airport and the flight also suffered landing gear failure,” HT quoted Gorai as saying.