Bengaluru-Patna Go first flight with 139 passengers makes emergency landing at Nagpur airport

Nagpur: GoFirst (formerly GoAir) Bengaluru Patna G8-873 flight made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport on Saturday as one of its engines suffered a fault.

Mihan India Limited sources have said that the pilot has informed ATC that engine number 2 of the aircraft had caught fire. And the fire in this engine was brought under control and then the engine was completely shut down and then an emergency landing was made at the airport here.

A Go-Air spokesperson, however, completely denied the news that the plane’s engine caught fire.

Sources have stated that the Pratt & Whitney engine has had many problems since its incorporation. However, this incident has come out after a very long gap.

Standard Operating Procedure

MIL (Mihan India Limited), the airport operator in downtown Nagpur, was well geared up to meet a full-scale emergency by keeping fire brigades and ambulances ready to handle any eventuality.

Apart from the crew, 139 passengers were also on board the plane. And all these passengers are completely safe and they have been transferred to another aircraft as well. And 2 of these passengers are also reported to have suffered minor injuries.

A GoFirst press release said that the Bangalore-Patna flight was diverted to Nagpur soon after a faulty engine warning was detected in the cockpit. And this also led the captain to take the initiative to shut down this engine as a precaution.

Along with this, this aircraft was landed at Nagpur airport only after standard operating procedure. And then all these passengers were taken off the plane and given refreshments. And at 4.45 pm, alternate aircraft has been arranged.

Dr. Mohammed Ithesham of Kingsway Hospital has said that there were two incidents with only minor injuries. Whose ambulance is stationed at the airport itself to meet the emergency cases.

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