Guwahati: An IndiGo flight from Assam's Jorhat to Kolkata on Thursday was cancelled after it skidded off the runway during take-off and a pair of its wheels got stuck in the muddy outfield.
Following this, the IndiGo flight 6E757 was held for several hours at Jorhat due to a technical issue and later, it was cancelled.
According to a report by PTI, the picture of the flight was uploaded by a local journalist on Twitter showing an aircraft's one pair of wheels got stuck in the soft grassy outfield.
"Guwahati Kolkata @indigo flight 6F 757 (6E757) slips from runway and stuck in muddy field in Jorhat airport in Assam. The flight was scheduled to depart at 2.20 pm but the flight delayed after the incident," Tagging IndiGo, the journalist said.
Replying to his post, IndiGo said: "Sir, we're concerned to hear this and raising this right away with the concerned team. Please share the PNR via DM for the same. We hope you're well and comfortably travelled to your destination."
According to AAI officials, there was some technical issue with the aircraft and the flight was cancelled at around 8:15 pm.
Reportedly, there were 98 passengers on board and all were deboarded and are safe.
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