Delhi-Mumbai Kingfisher flight makes safe emergency landing

A Mumbai-bound Kingfisher flight with 118 passengers and eight crew members onboard today made an emergency landing after an alarm went off soon after take off today.

Kingfisher flight IT 304 took off from the IGI airport at around 8:50 am for Mumbai.

"But the pilot of the aircraft asked for emergency land soon after take off," airport sources said, adding the plane landed at 9.08 am.

A Kingfisher spokesperson said that keeping the safety of passengers in mind, the pilot decided to return as he received an alert from some system as soon as the flight took off from here.

"The aircraft landed safely and taxied on its own to the parking bay. Arrangements are being made for a separate plane to carry the passengers to their destination," the spokesperson said.