An IndiGo flight travelling to Ahmedabad in Gujarat from Amritsar in Punjab was diverted into Pakistan airspace owing to bad weather on Sunday.
"IndiGo flight 6E-645, operating from Amritsar to Ahmedabad had to take a deviation over Atari into Pakistan airspace due to bad weather," according to a statement issued by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., the parent of IndiGo.
The deviation was well-coordinated with Pakistan by Amritsar's air traffic control via telephone, the company said.
"The crew was in continuous contact with Pakistan on R/T and the flight landed in Ahmedabad safely post the deviation," IndiGo said.
On June 6, a flight operated by Air India, flight AI 173 from Delhi to San Francisco, was diverted and then grounded at Magadan in Russia due to a mid-air glitch in one of the Boeing aircraft engines.
The flight was carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew members on board. The airline arranged a ferry flight for the passengers and crew which landed in San Francisco on Jun. 8.
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