All passengers in the Flight are reported safe.
A Patna-bound Go First flight from Bengaluru with 139 people on board safely made an emergency landing at Nagpur airport due to a faulty engine warning in the cockpit in which the pilot was forced to shut down the engine as a measure of precaution as marking the safety of the passengers in account.
The airline said in a statement, "Go First flight G8 873 from Bengaluru to Patna was immediately diverted to Nagpur due to a faulty engine warning in the cockpit which necessitated the captain to shut down the engine as a precautionary measure to save the lives of the passengers. Thereafter the captain followed the standard operating procedures and landed safely at Nagpur airport."
It said, the flight made a safe landing at the airport at 11.15 am.
It further added, all passengers have been deplaned and served refreshments to comfort them.
"We made all requisite arrangements by declaring it as full-scale emergency, which includes making available runways, fire tenders, doctors, ambulances and requires coordination with the police. Fortunately, the flight made a safe landing, director of the Nagpur airport, Abid Ruhi, was quoted saying by news agency PTI
The airline said that they have arranged an alternate aircraft to accommodate the passengers which will depart for Patna at 1645 hrs.
An engineering team is inspecting the reason of fault in the aircraft.
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