Bhubaneswar, May 13: As many as five persons - three passengers and two crew members - sustained injuries after three Kolkata-bound flights made an emergency landing here at Bijupatnaik airport on Sunday evening due to turbulent weather, sources said.
The flights ran out of fuel as they had to hover over Kolkata airport for nearly 20 minutes struggling to land in extremely bad weather.
After touching down at the airport here in Bhubaneswar, the injured passengers were taken to hospital for treatment. The injury was caused due to unexpected jerks while landing. Some crew members of the flights vomited due to suffocation. Bhubaneswar airport authorities have begun emergency operations.
"Two Indigo airlines flights from Raipur to Kolkata and Bangalore to Kolkata and an Air India flight from Agartala to Kolkata sought emergency landing at the airport here due to inclement weather in Kolkata.
Both the flights had to hover over the Kolkata airport for nearly 20 minutes and then sought permission of Bhubaneswar air traffic control (ATC) for emergency landing," said airport director Sharad Kumar.
Passengers with minor injuries were given first aid and two persons sustaining serious injuries were shifted to a hospital by ambulance, he said.
