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An Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi that had five members of Parliament among its passengers was diverted to Chennai after it encountered turbulence and the pilots suspected that the aircraft’s weather radar had malfunctioned, India’s aviation regulator said on Monday.
During its initial approach, the Airbus A320 aircraft was told by Air Traffic Control to go around as a departing Gulf Air flight had reported debris on the runway and it was cleared to land after an inspection determined there were no such debris, DGCA said.
“During engineering inspection no deficiency was observed. However, as a precautionary measure, the weather radar trans receiver was replaced with a serviceable one,” DGCA said.
Responding to the MP, Air India said the diversion was precautionary due to a suspected technical fault and poor weather en route to Delhi.
It clarified that no emergency was declared while the aircraft had circled Chennai.