NEW DELHI: The Chennai bound IndiGo flight returned to Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport in an hour of taking off.

The A321neo aircraft had taken off last night at 9.46 pm to Chennai with over 230 people on board. The aircraft reportedly suffered an engine failure a little later and landed at the IGI airport within an hour of take-off. Meanwhile, an alternate aircraft was provided for the passengers to be flown to Chennai.

An Air India flight from Delhi to USA landed in Russia on Tuesday due to engine failure. The flight from New Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to Magadan, Russia. 216 passengers and 16 crew were on board. Magadan is an isolated region 10,000 kilometres from Moscow.