Bengaluru bound IndiGo flight returns to airport due to crack in windshield

Kolkata: An IndiGo flight bound for Bengaluru was forced to return back to the city airport soon after take off, due to a windshield crack on Sunday morning.

The aircraft was carrying 178 passengers, all of whom were safe, confirmed an official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at Kolkata.

According to a spokesperson of the AAI, the flight IndiGo 6E345, headed for Bengaluru, took off from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at around 10:15 am. However, at 10:34 am, it returned to Kolkata Airport after a crack was witnessed on the windshield.

According to sources, Indigo claimed that following severe weather conditions at Kolkata on Sunday morning, the aircraft suffered a minor damage on the outer surface of windshield. The pilot decided to return back following the normal operating procedure. The passengers were accommodated in another Indigo flight.

"The damaged windshield is undergoing replacement," a source in the city airport said.