Air Arabia flight makes emergency landing

An Air Arabia flight from Chittagong to Sharjah made an emergency landing at the Kolkata airport on Thursday night when one of the two engines of the Airbus 320 stopped functioning mid-air. The flight, with 159 passengers and eight crew members on board, landed at the city airport at 10.20 pm. "The aircraft was under our jurisdiction and flying over Jamshedpur when the pilot sought emergency landing permission from us," said an air traffic controller. As the plane prepared to land, airport officials stood by with all emergency facilities such as fire-tenders and ambulances. "The flight, G9 522, landed safely and was grounded. All passengers were disembarked and were taken to the transit lounge for refreshments," said R Srinivasan, the airport director. Air India's ground security staff are looking after the passengers and engineers of the same airlines are rectifying the snag.