Bengaluru, Sept. 18 -- In an unexpected development, a routine IndiGo flight from Vadodara to Bengaluru was forced to make an emergency landing on September 17, Wednesday, after encountering a technical malfunction mid-air.

Flight 6E 808, operated by an Airbus A320 aircraft, took off from Vadodara at 4:08 pm carrying 177 passengers and six crew members. It landed safely at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) at 6:17 pm following the emergency declaration, said a report by Moneycontrol.

According to insider sources of the publication, the issue stemmed from a fault in the aircraft's control avionics, a crucial system that aids in managing flight controls and navigation. Due to this glitch, the pilots requested a priority l...