An IndiGo flight from Tirupati to Hyderabad kept hovering in the sky for over 40 minutes after witnessing a mid-air technical glitch. The aircraft then made an emergency landing at Tirupati Airport. Indigo's Airbus A321neo took off from Tirupati at 7:42 PM on Sunday. According to flight-tracking website Flightradar24, the plane reached the limits of Venkatnagiri before taking a U-turn after circling in the sky for around 40 minutes. The aircraft finally made a safe emergency landing at Tirupati Airport at 8:34 PM.
Passengers onboard reportedly panicked during the ordeal but were safely disembarked after the emergency landing. However, IndiGo's official website showed that the flight had departed from Tirupati at 7:20 PM and landed in Hyderabad at 8:30 PM, contradicting the real-time data on the tracking website.
Tirupati-Hyderabad flight cancelled
Following the incident, the last flight from Tirupati to Hyderabad was also cancelled, leading to frustration among passengers. Several videos have surfaced on social media showing angry travellers confronting IndiGo staff at the airport.
The airline later clarified: “A minor technical snag was detected on IndiGo flight 6E 6591 operating from Tirupati to Hyderabad on 20 July 2025. As a precautionary measure, the pilots decided to turn back and landed safely in Tirupati. The aircraft will undergo necessary checks before resuming operations."
"We regret the inconvenience caused to our customers and made all efforts to minimise it including offering them refreshments and hotel accommodation. All affected customers have been re-accommodated on the next available flights or given full refund against cancellation, as per their preference. At IndiGo, the safety of our customers and crew is our top priority,” an IndiGo spokesperson added.
Delhi-Goa flight cancelled after technical glitch
The incident came days after an IndiGo flight travelling from New Delhi to Goa had to make an emergency landing in Mumbai at night due to a technical issue mid-air. Flight 6E 6271, an Airbus A320neo with 191 passengers and crew onboard, landed safely at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) following the glitch. The flight had departed from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and was around 100 nautical miles north of Bhubaneswar when the crew noticed a problem with one of the engines.
At approximately 9:32 pm, the pilots made a "PAN PAN PAN" call — an international radio signal indicating an urgent but non-life-threatening situation — and requested to divert the flight to Mumbai.
