Hyderabad: An aircraft of Kingfisher Airlines with 90 people on board landed under emergency conditions on Thursday after getting smoke alert shortly after take-off.
The IT 801 flight took off in the morning from New Shamshabad airport at 0635 hrs and after the plane was in the air the commander of the aircraft got a smoke alert and immediately returned to the airport, an airline spokesperson said.
The aircraft touched down safely and on investigation it was found that one of the cargo consignments - which had been cleared by security screening staff - contained a powder which would not otherwise have been accepted and cleared for carriage by Kingfisher Airlines' security screening staff, the spokesperson said.
“As a standard practice, Kingfisher Airlines screens all its cargo consignments on its own to ensure adherence to the highest standards of safety. However, at Hyderabad's own airport, the security screening is conducted by GMR", she added.
The consignment was offloaded and after a through check of the remaining cargo, the aircraft was cleared for departure.
There were 7 crew members on board besides the 90 passengers.
After taking off, the captain alerted the ATC saying that he was receiving a smoke detection indication in the cargo section of the aircraft.
"The aircraft landed normally and taxied to a standard parking position where the passengers. During the precautionary unloading of the cargo, an un-identified substance was located," a GMR release said.
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