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Old 05-08-2009 | 10:05 AM
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Actually, I never considered Vanity Fair for my Airline Industry News. I turn to The Hindu for my up-to-date stories.

Take this one for example.

Tirupati flight makes emergency landing (Andhra Pradesh)

HYDERABAD: An Air India flight to Tirupati with over 135 passengers on board made an emergency landing after being airborne for 14 minutes due to a technical snag on Thursday afternoon. Tension gripped the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport for a few moments as the A-320 landed under emergency conditions at 1.54 p.m.

Alert pilot

Airport sources said, the Air Bus with 135 passengers, including two infants, developed a snag minutes after taking off at 1.40 p.m. Endowments Minster J. Ratnakar Rao was among the passengers. The pilot of IC-942 aircraft with a seating capacity of 140 detected the technical glitch after warning signals went off and landed it safely at the RGIA around 1.54 p.m. All passengers on board were safe. Officials said that the passengers were flown to Tirupati in another aircraft at 3.44 p.m. Flight engineers were later pressed into service to rectify the problem. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy appreciated the pilot Kaanga for saving the lives of passengers. Even passengers too praised the pilot’s expertise in ensuring a safe landing. "We were tense and prayed for our life till the flight landed safely ," passengers recalled.

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050860070400.htm


I looked up "snag" in the FIM. Nothing. I'll try "glitch" next.
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