New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- An Air India flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi that had five members of Parliament among its passengers was diverted to Chennai after it encountered turbulence and the pilots suspected that the aircraft's weather radar had malfunctioned, India's aviation regulator said on Monday.

Flight AI2455 landed safely in Chennai at 10.39 pm after circling the airport for 43 minutes to burn extra fuel and reduce the weight of the aircraft, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. During its initial approach, the Airbus A320 aircraft was told by Air Traffic Control to go around as a departing Gulf Air flight had reported debris on the runway and it was cleared to land after an inspection determined there were...