New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) An Air India Regional plane safely made a ‘priority landing’ at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here as it was running low on fuel, an airport official said. The Pathankot-Ludhiana-Delhi flight was scheduled to first land at Ludhiana but couldn’t do so due to bad weather.
‘The weather was not suitable for landing at Ludhiana, so after circling for a few minutes in Ludhiana airspace the pilot decided to came to Delhi,’ the official.
Due to the plane’s low fuel availability, the pilot requested the Air Traffic Control for a priority landing,’ the official said, adding the pilot was allowed to land at Delhi airport at 3.35 p.m.
All the passengers on board the flight were safe, the official said.
