Faulty smoke alarm forces emergency landing of Maldives-bound Go First flight in Coimbatore

New Delhi: A Go First flight from Bengaluru to Maldives’ capital Male on Friday made an emergency landing at Coimbatore airport after a faulty alarm rang due to an engine warning. The flight landed on an immediate basis after an engine overheat warning alarm went off. According to airport officials’ info, “Airbus 320 was landed at the Coimbatore international airport around 12 pm. The alarm went off after the twin engines allegedly overheated and the flight was safely landed. The engineers checked the engines and declared that there was some fault in the alarm and declared that the flight is fit to travel.” “The plane with 92 passengers left for Male, the capital of Maldives, from Bengaluru, Karnataka today at 12:00 pm. An hour after the flight took off, the engine overheated and the warning bell sounded. Shocked by this, the pilot contacted air traffic control and requested permission to land at the nearby Coimbatore airport. Permission was granted at Coimbatore Airport. Firefighters and rescue workers were on standby after the plane landed,” said the officials. The flight landed safely at the Coimbatore airport at 12.57 pm. All passengers were disembarked and the entire aircraft was searched. As per reports, there was no sign of ignition on the flight. This is at least the third mishap involving a Go First flight in recent days. On 4 August, Go First's flight to Chandigarh returned to Ahmedabad after suffering a bird hit. In July, the windshield of a Go First flight between Delhi and Guwahati cracked mid-air due to bad weather. The aircraft was diverted to Jaipur and landed safely. Also read:  SpiceJet passengers walk on Delhi airport's tarmac after waiting for bus for 45 minutes; DGCA starts probe Earlier, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia chaired a high-level meeting with senior officials of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) over air safety after three emergency landings at airports in the country in the last 48 hours. Scindia directed the officials in the meeting that, “there should be no compromise with the passengers’ safety.” Further, he said, “safety is the topmost paramount priority and a directive has been issued by the ministry to adhere to strictness about the safety issues and maintain the highest safety standards as per international norms.” Emergency landings in recent days Earlier, three aircraft of international carriers made emergency landings at various airports in the country in one day recently, making it a day of technical emergencies for various airlines. A senior official in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) informed that these landings were made in Calicut, Chennai and Kolkata on Friday and Saturday. All emergency landings happened because of various technical issues. The Air Arabia aircraft while operating flight G9-426 from Sharjah to Cochin was involved in a Hydraulic failure. The aircraft landed safely on the runway. The aircraft has been towed to the bay. In another incident, on 16 July, an aircraft of Ethiopian Airlines from Addis Ababa to Bangkok made an emergency landing at Kolkata airport due to a pressurisation issue. In a third similar incident, on 15 July, an aircraft of Srilankan Airlines made an emergency landing at Chennai airport due to a hydraulic issue. With inputs from ANI Read all the Latest News , Trending News ,  Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.