<p>An Oman Air flight from Kozhikode to Muscat was forced to turn back to the international airport here on Tuesday minutes after take-off due to a technical snag, airport authorities said.</p>.<p>The flight -- WY 298 -- with 169 people onboard which took off from the Karipur airport at 9:15 AM turned back barely a few minutes into its journey due to a technical fault and landed safely, a Calicut airport official said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/go-first-gets-claims-worth-29-billion-from-creditors-1239547.html">Go First gets claims worth $2.9 billion from creditors</a></strong></p>.<p>"It was a normal landing.. the aircraft landed safely," he told <em>PTI</em>. The aircraft circled the airport for over two hours to burn fuel and become lighter before landing, he said.</p>
<p>An Oman Air flight from Kozhikode to Muscat was forced to turn back to the international airport here on Tuesday minutes after take-off due to a technical snag, airport authorities said.</p>.<p>The flight -- WY 298 -- with 169 people onboard which took off from the Karipur airport at 9:15 AM turned back barely a few minutes into its journey due to a technical fault and landed safely, a Calicut airport official said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/business-news/go-first-gets-claims-worth-29-billion-from-creditors-1239547.html">Go First gets claims worth $2.9 billion from creditors</a></strong></p>.<p>"It was a normal landing.. the aircraft landed safely," he told <em>PTI</em>. The aircraft circled the airport for over two hours to burn fuel and become lighter before landing, he said.</p>