Pic: A Star Air flightBelagavi: A Star Air flight from Belagavi to Mumbai returned halfway due to a technical fault and landed in Belagavi instead of Mumbai. It was discovered that there was a technical fault as the flight took off. According to passengers, the alerted pilot immediately made an emergency landing.Forty-eight passengers, including Ajay Sutar, Vaishnav Shanbhag, and Narayan Dell, were travelling from Belagavi on Star Air’s S5111 flight. The passengers were worried after a technical fault was detected in the plane. A disaster was averted as the plane landed safely.Sambra Airport director S Thyagarajan said that the plane, which took off at 7.50am, was supposed to land in Mumbai at 8.50am. However, due to a technical fault, it did not go to Mumbai and instead landed in Belagavi at 8.40am, 40 minutes after take-off.The plane did not make an emergency landing. It landed at the terminal naturally. The passengers were sent on another plane. All the passengers are safe, he clarified.
