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Alliance Air flight makes emergency Delhi landing
The Indian Express··11 Sept
An Alliance Air ATR 72-600 on flight 9I 698 made an emergency landing at Delhi airport on Friday afternoon after one engine failed, a source told PTI. About 40 people were aboard the Prayagraj-Delhi service. Flightradar24 showed a landing around 2.15 pm. The plane landed safely, the source said. Alliance Air did not immediately comment.
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What It Means For You
- Travellers on 9I 698 completed the journey via an emergency landing rather than a routine arrival at Delhi.
- Public tracking data timed the landing near 2.15 pm for anyone reconstructing the afternoon disruption.
- Alliance Air had not issued an immediate public comment when the reports were filed.
What's Happening
- The aircraft type was an ATR 72-600 twin-engine turboprop on the Prayagraj to Delhi route.
- A source said one engine was inoperative and the landing was carried out as an emergency.
- BusinessLine and Indian Express both reported about 40 people on board.
What Passengers Faced
- Alliance Air is the operator named in both dispatches citing PTI sourcing.
- No injury figures were provided in the available copy.
- The airline’s lack of immediate comment left operational follow-up details unconfirmed in the first reports.
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