After an Indigo flight was forced to divert to Karachi in Pakistan for precautionary landing, an Air India Express flight from Calicut to Dubai was forced to divert to Muscat after an issue on-board. A burning smell was detected being emitted by one of the vents in the forward gallery. This is the second incident of a flight from one of India’s airlines being forced to divert from round in the last 24 hours.Â
“Air India Express aircraft VT-AXX operating flight IX-355 (Calicut-Dubai) diverted to Muscat as during Cruise, a burning smell emitted from one of the vents in the forward galley,” Indian aviation regulator DGCA was quoted by ANI.
