The flight had taken off from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here at 2.45 pm and was supposed to land in Tirupati at 3.45 pm.
"The pilot of the aircraft (flight LB671 Hyderabad- Tirupati) noticed technical glitch in the air and returned the flight to Hyderabad as he felt that the runway in Tirupati is not long enough for landing under the emergency circumstance," a senior official of the regional carrier said.
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Later, British Airways said it was working to make the aircraft "air worthy".
"We are very sorry for the delay to customers' travel plans and did all we could to fix the aircraft which had a technical fault before it was night stopped," British Airways said in a statement.
The airline is doing all it can to fix the aircraft for its departure today, it said adding, "the safety of our customers and crew are always our top priorities and we would never operate a flight unless it was safe to do so."
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