<p>A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at the airport here on Monday due to some technical snag, an official said.</p>.<p>All passengers are safe, he said.</p>.<p>The aircraft made the landing 40 minutes after taking off from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA).</p>.<p>"After the detection of technical problems mid-air, the Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made the emergency landing at the airport at 8.20 am," BPIA Director Prasanna Pradhan told <em>PTI.</em></p>.Vumlunmang Vualnam takes charge as civil aviation secretary.<p>A full-scale emergency was declared, and the aircraft landed safely at the airport, he said.</p>.<p>“All passengers are safe. We suspect that the technical problem was developed due to a bird hit,” the official said, adding that the aircraft can again fly only after getting clearances from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.</p>.<p>'Shortly after taking off, the pilot informed us about the technical problem and the aircraft made the landing at the Bhubaneswar airport safely,” Trinath Lenka, a passenger on the flight, said. </p>
<p>A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at the airport here on Monday due to some technical snag, an official said.</p>.<p>All passengers are safe, he said.</p>.<p>The aircraft made the landing 40 minutes after taking off from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA).</p>.<p>"After the detection of technical problems mid-air, the Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made the emergency landing at the airport at 8.20 am," BPIA Director Prasanna Pradhan told <em>PTI.</em></p>.Vumlunmang Vualnam takes charge as civil aviation secretary.<p>A full-scale emergency was declared, and the aircraft landed safely at the airport, he said.</p>.<p>“All passengers are safe. We suspect that the technical problem was developed due to a bird hit,” the official said, adding that the aircraft can again fly only after getting clearances from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation.</p>.<p>'Shortly after taking off, the pilot informed us about the technical problem and the aircraft made the landing at the Bhubaneswar airport safely,” Trinath Lenka, a passenger on the flight, said. </p>