Aizawl-bound flight returns due to bad weather

Kolkata, Sep 22 An Indian Airlines flight bound for Aizawal, with 144 passengers on board, returned to the airport here two hours after take off due to bad weather in the north-east region.

The flight IC 211, however, flew to the Mizoram capital in the after noon and touched down Aizawl at 3:30 pm, hours after the scheduled arrival time, airport sources said.

In the morning, the aircraft took off from the N S C Bose International Airport here at 11 am for Aizawl but returned at 1 pm after the air traffic control (ATC) did not give landing permission there due to stormy weather conditions.

The plane made the second take off from here at 2.20 pm again and landed there safely, sources said.

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