Bengaluru, Jan. 26 -- An Air India Express flight traveling from Bengaluru to Visakhapatnam was forced to return to Bengaluru on Saturday (January 25) due to a technical issue, airport officials said.

The flight, which took off at 10 a.m., circled over Bengaluru before returning to its departure point.

Airport authorities confirmed that the return was a precautionary measure and clarified that it was not an emergency landing.

"The flight returned due to technical issues, but there was no emergency landing," an official stated. As of now, the airline has not issued an official statement regarding the incident.

Earlier this month, a Singapore-bound Air India flight was forced to return to Chennai after the pilots detected a technical is...