Air India flight AI 701 took off at 1730 hours from the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport for Delhi yesterday.
"However, when the aircraft was mid-way, the pilot detected some fumes and smoke in the cockpit. But, it was confined to cockpit only as the crew did not report any such smoke in the cabin. The crew then declared emergency onboard and aircraft was steered to Delhi after taking some additional safety measures," airline sources said today.
Initial investigation into the incident suggests some glitch in the aircraft's cabin air compressor as the cause of detection of smoke and fumes, they said.