IndiGo flight strays into Pakistani airspace

An Amritsar-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight inadvertently entered Pakistani airspace on Saturday due to bad weather conditions, according to officials. An IndiGo spokesperson stated, “Due to bad weather, the flight from Amritsar to Ahmedabad entered Pakistani airspace yesterday.” The flight, numbered 6E-645, departed from Amritsar at approximately 20:00 hrs and safely landed in Ahmedabad at around 21:40 hrs after briefly straying into Pakistani airspace. IndiGo issueda statement clarifying the situation: “IndiGo flight 6E-645, operating from Amritsar to Ahmedabad, had to deviate over Atari into Pakistani airspace due to bad weather.” Both the air traffic control (ATC) of both countries monitored the flight, and the deviation was well-coordinated. “The deviation was well coordinated with Pakistan by Amritsar ATC via telephone.
The crew was in continuous contact with Pakistan on R/T, and the flight landed in Ahmedabad safely after the deviation,” said IndiGo in their statement. In a separate incident on the same day, a Delhi-Chennai flight made an emergency landing at Delhi Airport after one of its engines experienced a malfunction while in flight.