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Air India Delhi-Bagdogra flight makes precautionary landing

The flight was diverted to the NSC Bose International Airport because of a suspected technical snag

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Jul 26 2015 | 7:26 PM IST
A Bagdogra-bound Air India flight from Delhi with 115 passengers on board today made a safe 'precautionary landing' here due to 'technical snag'.

"The Delhi-Bagdogra flight (AI-879) made a precautionary landing at the NSC Bose International Airport here safely with all 115 passengers on board," an AI spokesman said here.

"Because of a suspected technical snag, the Bagdogra-bound plane was diverted to the city airport and made 'precautionary landing' at around 1.35 PM," he said.

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"All 115 passengers were later taken to their destination Bagdogra by a changed aircraft," the spokesman said.

Airport sources later said the technical snag was a leakage in the aircraft's hydraulic system.

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First Published: Jul 26 2015 | 6:32 PM IST

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