After smoke warning, IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Kolkata airport

An IndiGo flight from Delhi made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport on Sunday afternoon following a smoke warning in the cargo.

The plane with 165 passengers onboard landed safely at the Kolkata airport.

Pilots of the flight declared



'May Day' and asked the Kolkata Air Traffic Control (ATC) for a priority landing after the warning. The ATC alerted the airport fire brigade for a safe landing. After inspection, it was found that the alarm was false.

The plane flew to Varanasi later in the afternoon.