AI flight makes emergency landing at Chennai airport

CHENNAI: An Air India flight from Mumbai to Bangkok made an emergency landing at the Meenambakkam airport here on Friday after developing problems in the hydraulic system.

Airport officials said the flight, which left Mumbai at 3.30pm, developed problems when it was about to land at Bangkok. Officials there denied permission to land at the airport after which the flight was diverted to Chennai.

The flight, with 178 passengers, made a safe landing at the airport here at about 6.55pm.