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Technical snag: Muscat-bound AI Express flight returns safely after take-off

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Thiruvananthapuram: (UNI) An Air India Express flight operating from Thiruvananthapuram to Muscat returned safely soon after its take off here following the pilots noticed a technical snag on Monday.

The Air India Express IX 549 which departed at 8.30 am from Thiruvananthapuram International Airport with 105 passengers, returned at 9.17 am due to a technical snag.

Another aircraft is being arranged and it is scheduled to depart to Muscat by 1.00 pm, sources said.

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