Air India Express flight to Srinagar via Jammu returns to Delhi without landing

An Air India Express flight from Delhi to Srinagar via Jammu returned to Delhi without landing. Despite clear weather and runway conditions, the pilot reportedly couldn’t locate the correct landing area at Jammu airport, prompting the unexpected turnaround

Jammu: An Air India Express flight from Delhi to Srinagar via Jammu returned to its origin airport before landing here on Monday afternoon, officials said.

It was, however, not known immediately what led the flight to return to Delhi, they said. The officials said that the flight IX-2564 was supposed to land in Jammu around noon before leaving for Srinagar, but it hovered over the Jammu airport for some time before its pilot decided to return to Delhi without landing.

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The weather and the runway were clear, but it seems the pilot could not find the appropriate landing area, they said.