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A plane flying from Delhi to Chennai made an emergency landing after a power bank reportedly caught fire on board.
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Capital of Tamil Nadu, India
Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. As per the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. The city is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, one of the largest metropolitan areas of India.
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Megacity and union territory of India
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a megacity and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, but spread chiefly to the west, or beyond its right bank, Delhi shares borders with the state of Uttar Pradesh in the east and with the state of Haryana in the remaining directions. Delhi became a union territory on 1 November 1956 and the NCT in 1995. The NCT covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi).
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Passengers noticed smoke coming out of the compartment while the aircraft was at 35,000ft.
The flight had to land in Hyderabad after the cabin filled with smoke. Here is why power banks burst into flames, and how to fly with them safely.
A mid-air fire involving a passenger’s power bank forced a Chennai-bound IndiGo flight to make an emergency landing at Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International