India, Aug. 11 -- Air India on Monday rejected Congress MP KC Venugopal's claim that the Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi Air India plane carrying him and several other MPs saw a "heart-stopping" moment as another aircraft was reportedly on the same runway when it made its first attempt to land at Chennai Airport where the flight was diverted to.

KC Venugopal said the flight, with callsign AI 2455, hit turbulence shortly after takeoff from Thiruvananthapuram. According to Flightradar24.com, the flight took off at around 8 pm from Thiruvananthapuram and landed in Chennai at around 10.35 pm on Sunday.

The Congress leader said in a post on X shortly after 12 am on Monday that the flight, that was carrying several other MPs, came "frighteningly clo...