IndiGo Sharjah-Hyderabad flight diverted to Karachi after technical snag
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An IndiGo flight from Sharjah to Hyderabad was diverted to Karachi due to a technical snag.
An IndiGo flight from Sharjah in the UAE to Hyderabad was diverted to Pakistan’s Karachi on Sunday after the pilot reported a "technical defect" in the aircraft. The airline is reportedly planning to send another aircraft to Karachi to bring back the passengers.
"After the pilot of the Sharjah-Hyderabad flight observed a technical defect in the aircraft, as a precaution, the aircraft was diverted to Karachi, Pakistan. An additional flight is being sent to Karachi to fly the passengers to Hyderabad," IndiGo said in a statement.
This is the second Indian airline to make a landing in Karachi in the last two weeks. On July 5, a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Dubai was diverted to Karachi after an indicator light malfunctioned on the aircraft. The Boeing 737 Max aircraft that was heading from Delhi to Dubai started showing an unusual fuel quantity reduction from its left tank when it was in mid-air. Following this, the plane was diverted to Karachi.
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