Chennai: A major incident was averted as Singapore-bound Scoot Airways flight TR 567 flying from Tamil Nadu’s Trichy made an emergency landing at Chennai airport after the pilot detected smoke in the aircraft cargo, around 3:40 am on Monday.
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According to initial reports, a total of 161 passengers and crew members were on board when the incident took place. All passengers were later safely disembarked and the flight was grounded at Chennai airport.
It is expected to fly back to Singapore by the evening.
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