VASCO: A Goa-Bangalore Air Asia flight had to make an emergency landing at Dabolim International Airport due to a technical snag. This is the second incident of technical problems in Air Asia flights within a week.
The flight I-5132 of the Air Asia, which was Bangalore bound from Goa with 168 passengers on Monday, had to make an emergency landing on Monday morning within 10 minutes of takeoff. The flight had left at 7.35 am from Goa.
The management of the Air Asia has, however, not made any official statement regarding the matter but it has been informed that the flight faced landing gear hydraulics failure.
The 168 offloaded passengers remained at the Airport till afternoon. However, most of them were adjusted in other flights and sent to their destinations later in the evening.
