Indigo flight seen struggling during landing at Chennai Airport due to Cyclone Fengal

A chilling video surfaced in which an IndiGo Airlines' Airbus A320 neo plane is seen struggling to make a landing at the Chennai airport amid adverse weather conditions caused by Cyclone Fengal on Saturday. The video shows the flight escaped a major accident when the pilot attempted to land. The flight took off, aborting the landing process moments before touching down on the surface amid strong wind and heavy rains. 

IndiGo Airlines issued a statement confirming the incident and said that the Mumbai-Chennai flight had to make a "go-around" due to adverse weather conditions.

The statement said, "Due to adverse weather conditions including rain and strong winds (which later led to the closure of Chennai airport), the cockpit



crew of flight 6E 683 operating between Mumbai and Chennai performed a go-around on November 30, 2024 as per established safety protocols." 

The airlines said such procedures are part of standard protocols and pilots are properly trained to handle such situations in a professional manner.

"This is a standard and safe manoeuvre and our pilots are extensively trained to handle such situations in the utmost professional manner. When a safe landing is not possible, a go-around is performed, as was the case with this flight," IndiGo said.

The aircraft reportedly landed safely in Chennai at 12:40 pm on Saturday. The airport operations were suspended from 2 pm on Saturday till 4 am today due to bad weather.