Plane with Chidambaram develops technical problem;lands safely

Chennai, Oct 2 (PTI) A Coimbatore-bound Jet Airways plane
carrying Home Minister P Chidambaram and 63 other passengers
Friday developed a technical problem mid-air and had to return
to Chennai.

The problem in the second engine of the 'ATR-72' plane
was noticed 30 minutes after the aircraft was airborne,
following which the pilot sought permission for a "safe
landing," airport officials said. Besides the pilot, the plane
had two other crew members.

As the Air Traffic Control (ATC) gave the green signal to
the pilot of Jet flight '9W2753' to land in Chennai, CISF
personnel and officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI)
put in place standby precautionary measures, including fire
tenders, they said.

The plane was steered by the pilot to a safe landing, the
officials said.

Chidambaram and the rest of the passengers were put on
another flight which later landed at Coimbatore where the Home
Minister has gone to on an official visit. PTI