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Chennai: It was a close shave for 40 passengers on board the IndiGo flight from Rajahmundry to Chennai after a major air mishap was averted at Chennai airport on Monday. The plane’s second engine reportedly failed at the time of the landing, causing the pilot to declare Mayday.

Giving details of the incident, IndiGo said in a statement that the pilot was forced to send the distress call after the aircraft suffered a technical glitch while landing. No passenger was said to be injured in the incident, as per reports. A full emergency had to be declared at Chennai airport following the incindet. The flight, 6E-7123, eventually landed at the airport after conducting a go around, news agency ANI reported.

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On Friday, another IndiGo aircraft had been involved in a possible air mishap after an IndiGo Airbus A320 Neo, flying from Lucknow to Kolkata, was forced to return to Lucknow following an issue with the aircraft's engine. The engines of IndiGo and GoAir A320 Neos are powered by Pratt and Whitney (PW), which claimed on Friday that a bird-hit may have caused the engine trouble. The flight 6E-866 returned to Lucknow on Friday, where it was grounded, and the passengers were made to fly in an alternative plane, an IndiGo spokesperson said, as per Times of India.

"During climb, our pilot received an automated engine related caution on 6E-866 flight which warranted return of the aircraft, Follwoing standard operating procedures, our pilot returned to Lucknow for further inspection. To Avoid incovenience to passengers, we operated an alternate flight," an Indigo spokesperson had said.