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Chennai-bound flight makes emergency landing

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
A Chennai-bound plane with 170 passengers on board made an emergency landing shortly after take-off as a child complained of illness at the N S C B International airport here today.

Airport sources said the Spicejet plane made a "medical emergency" landing with all standard procedures at 5:06 PM shortly after taking off.

The eight-year-old passenger, who had complained of sickness, was attended by doctors and the plane left later.

The plane had initially left for Chennai at 4:30 PM.

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First Published: Dec 22 2013 | 7:30 PM IST

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