Oman Air flight returns to Kozhikode airport due to technical snag

Kozhikode: A Muscat-bound Oman Airways flight returned to Kozhikode International Airport on Tuesday morning minutes after take-off following a technical snag.

As per reports, the operating crew decided to carry out a precautionary landing at Kozhikode after the flight experienced technical issues in its weather radar. 

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 and landed safely, a Calicut airport official said.

"It was a normal landing.. the aircraft landed safely," he said. The aircraft circled the airport for over two hours to burn fuel and become lighter before landing, he said. 

With PTI inputs