Kolkata: Indigo flight makes emergency landing, passengers evacuated

An Indigo flight en route to Jaipur from Kolkata made an emergency landing in Kolkata itself on Monday after smoke was detected in the aircraft cockpit and cabin, reported news agency ANI.

According to reports, 136 passengers on board, who had been evacuated with the help of inflatable slides. A video of the incident which is doing the rounds on social media shows that thick smoke in the cabin of 6E-237, a new jetliner, as it approached its destination.

Babies wailing, air hostesses on the standby with oxygen cylinders … thick smoke in the cabin of a new IndiGo A-320neo which made an emergency landing in Kolkata last night. 136 passengers onboard. Smoke on a plane is a known killer. pic.twitter.com/VJGMIQoauk

— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) December 11, 2018

Another video shows that some passengers evacuating the aircraft on an escape chute once it landed safely.

After the IndiGo emergency landing in Kolkata … some passengers were evacuated from a chute at the rear. The A-320neo is still grounded. Engineers still apparently unclear about what happened. pic.twitter.com/ssapifmsVo

— Vishnu Som (@VishnuNDTV) December 11, 2018

Confirming the incident, Indigo has issued a statement saying that there was “suspected smoke in (the) cabin,” something contradicted by the video which clearly shows the presence of smoke.

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