Dhaka, Aug. 11 -- An Air India flight, AI 2455, travelling from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi, was forced to make an emergency landing at Chennai airport late Sunday night.

The reason cited was a radar malfunction.

Several prominent politicians were on board the flight.

AI 2455, which departed from Thiruvananthapuram, carried four Members of Parliament from Kerala (Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, UDF convenor Adur Prakash, senior Congress leader Kodikunnil Suresh, and K. Radhakrishnan), along with Tamil Nadu MP Robert Bruce.

Speaking to the media immediately after landing, K.C. Venugopal stated that a major accident could have occurred, but they narrowly escaped.

He explained that the aircraft experienced a radar problem, fo...