DGCA confirms Pakistan’s Lahore ATC denied IndiGo flight airspace access amid thunderstorm emergency
Kashmir, May 23, 2025- The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) confirmed that on May 21, 2025, Pakistan’s Lahore Air Traffic Control (ATC) denied an emergency request from IndiGo flight 6E-2142, a Delhi-Srinagar Airbus A321neo with over 220 passengers, including Trinamool Congress MPs, to briefly enter Pakistani airspace to avoid a severe thunderstorm. The incident, […]
IndiGo flight 6E-2142 survives harrowing hailstorm, lands safely in Srinagar
Srinagar, May 22, 2025 – IndiGo Flight 6E-2142, en route from Delhi to Srinagar, faced a terrifying ordeal when it encountered severe turbulence caused by a sudden hailstorm, damaging the aircraft’s nose cone and sparking panic among its 227 passengers. The Airbus A321 (registration VT-IMD) made a safe emergency landing at Srinagar’s Sheikh ul-Alam International […]