“Small” fire at Kolkata Airport, India; passengers briefly evacuated
A fire at the check-in of Kolkata Airport, India briefly disrupted the check-in process in the evening of 14 June. "There was a minor fire...
IndiGo Airbus A321-200neo suffers tail strike
An IndiGo Airbus A321-200neo (registered VT-ILR) that operated flight 6E1859 between Dhaka, Bangladesh, and Kolkata, India on Tuesday, 3 January suffered a tail strike...
Passenger gives birth to healthy baby boy on Qatar Airways flight to Bangkok, Thailand
On 3 February, a Qatar Airways Boeing 777 (A7-BEK) operated flight QR830 between Doha, Qatar and Bangkok, Thailand but was forced to divert to...
Four runway excursions in India in 72 hours as SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 hits runway edge lights
On 2 July, a SpiceJet Boeing 737-800 (VT-SYI) operated domestic flight SG-275 from Pune to Kolkata, India. During landing at Kolkata, the aircraft veered...
Smoke in the cabin: IndiGo Airbus A320neo makes emergency landing at Kolkata Airport
On 10 December, an IndiGo Airbus A320neo (VT-ITR) operating an Indian domestic flight between Jaipur and Kolkata was forced to make an emergency landing...