India, July 17 -- The pilot of the Goa-bound IndiGo flight 6E 6271 from Delhi "declared 'PAN PAN PAN'" before making an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport, one of the officials told HT, requesting anonymity.

The flight, an Airbus A320neo aircraft, carrying 191 people, took off from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport to Goa Airport when an engine issue mid-air forced it to make an emergency landing in Mumbai. The flight landed safely at 9:53 pm.

Mumbai airport officials told HT that the incident took place when the IndiGo flight was flying about 100 nautical miles north of Bhubaneswar.

One of the officials, requesting anonymity, said, "The pilot declared "PAN PAN PAN" (an urgent message indicating a non-life-threatening em...