Mumbai/Guwahati: An IndiGo flight from Mumbai on its way to Guwahati was forced to land in Dhaka owing to dense fog. As per media reports, the flight had to take the route to Dhaka because of inclement weather conditions. The Bangladesh capital is 400 km away from Guwahati.
It is understood that the flight landed in Guwahati 12 hours after take off. Earlier, the pilot initially wanted to land in Kolkata but, due to unfavourable weather had to divert the flight to Bhubaneswar, where the runway was closed. Finally, he had to decide on Dhaka as the nearest available airport.
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I took @IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the flight couldn't land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka. Now all the passengers are in Bangladesh without their passports, we are inside the plane.✈️
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">I took @IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the flight couldn't land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka. Now all the passengers are in Bangladesh without their passports, we are inside the plane.✈️
— Suraj Singh Thakur (@SurajThakurINC) January 13, 2024I took @IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the flight couldn't land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka. Now all the passengers are in Bangladesh without their passports, we are inside the plane.✈️
— Suraj Singh Thakur (@SurajThakurINC) January 13, 2024
According to an official statement from the airlines, "IndiGo flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati was diverted to Dhaka, Bangladesh due to bad weather in Guwahati. Due to operational reasons, an alternate set of crew is being arranged to operate the flight from Dhaka to Guwahati. The passengers were kept informed of updates and were served with refreshments on board. We sincerely regret the inconvenience caused."
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Guwahati-bound IndiGo flight from Mumbai diverted to Dhaka due to bad weather
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">Guwahati-bound IndiGo flight from Mumbai diverted to Dhaka due to bad weather
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The airline company has organised a new crew to facilitate the return flight to the original destination for the stranded passengers.
Former Youth Congress chief of the Mumbai unit Suraj Singh Thakur, who was travelling by the flight to Imphal to attend the Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra in Imphal, wrote on X, "I took IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the flight couldn't land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka," he wrote, adding that all passengers onboard the flight had crossed the international border without their passports."
Thakur added that all passengers were stuck inside the aircraft. "I am stuck inside aircraft for 9 hours now. I left for Manipur (Imphal) for the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra'. Let's see when I reach Guwahati and then will fly to Imphal," he added. (With Agency inputs)
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