The plane was operating around 100 nautical miles north of Bhubaneswar when the snag was reported.
An IndiGo flight en route from Delhi to Goa made an emergency landing at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport on Tuesday night after experiencing a mid-air engine issue. The flight, 6E 6271, was carrying 191 people onboard when the pilot issued an urgent "PAN PAN PAN" call, signaling a non-life-threatening emergency.
The aircraft, an Airbus A320neo, had departed from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and was scheduled to land at Goa’s Manohar International Airport. However, the flight was forced to divert and safely landed in Mumbai at 9:53 pm, two minutes ahead of its expected arrival time.
A senior airport official, who wished to remain anonymous, confirmed the nature of the alert. "The pilot alerted 'PAN PAN PAN' (a priority message reporting a non-life-threatening emergency) as there was a technical snag in engine number 1," the official confirmed. The plane was operating around 100 nautical miles north of Bhubaneswar when the snag was reported.
IndiGo confirmed the incident in a statement. "A technical glitch was found in flight 6E 6271 during flight from Delhi to Manohar International Airport, Goa on July 16, 2025. As per procedures, the flight was diverted and landed in Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai," an airline official stated.
At 9:32 pm, diversion was requested by the flight crew, and by Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), emergency response teams in the form of ambulances and fire tenders were dispatched and kept on standby until the plane arrived at the bay. "It was at that point that, according to SOP, an ambulance as well as fire tenders were kept on standby and accompanied the aircraft until the bay. The plane, however, landed safely at 9.53 pm, two minutes before its scheduled arrival time," a second official confirmed.
All the passengers and crew members were safely disembarked, and there were no injuries. The aircraft will now be subject to a complete technical inspection and maintenance. IndiGo has made arrangements for an alternate aircraft to carry out the rest of the journey for the affected passengers.
This is the third Indian commercial flight incident in the last few days. On Sunday, a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Pune suffered a technical glitch and aborted takeoff. That flight eventually took off after more than nine hours of delay.
Last week, another IndiGo flight, 6E 7295, which was operating from Indore to Raipur, made the return journey shortly after takeoff after a technical problem. The plane had traveled around 60 nautical miles before it made the turnaround, said Indore Airport Director Vipinkant Seth.
These recurring technical mishaps have sparked fears of operational safety and maintenance practices at some Indian carriers.
