When Ahmedabad-bound flight’s fuel tank leaked in air

Passengers of a Ahmedabad-bound Air India flight from Delhi were stranded for at least six hours after the flight made an emergency landing at Jaipur’s Sanganer airport on Wednesday morning after the pilot of the aircraft realised leakage in the fuel tank when the aircraft was in the air. As such, he opted to make an emergency landing.

The air traffic control (ATC) of Jaipur airport was intimated and permission for an emergency landing was sought. Soon after clearance from the ATC, Jaipur, the flight had an emergency landing around 7.15 am on Tuesday.

A leakage in the fuel tank took at least six hours to be repaired after which the flight departed at around 2.00 pm.There were 129 passengers in the flight. They were given hotel stay by the airlines during this time.