Indigo's Mumbai-Guwahati flight makes emergency landing in Dhaka; This is why

Indigo's Mumbai-Guwahati flight makes an emergency landing in Dhaka due to fog.

Dhaka: An Indigo flight from Mumbai to Guwahati reportedly had to make an emergency landing in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Saturday due to dense fog. The diverted flight landed in Dhaka at 4 am after it failed to land at Guwahati airport due to poor visibility. Outraged by the abrupt diversion, passengers shared their frustration on social media.

IndiGo flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati was diverted to Dhaka, Bangladesh due to bad weather at Guwahati in Assam. For operational reasons, a replacement crew is being arranged to operate the flight from Dhaka to Guwahati. The passengers were kept informed of… pic.twitter.com/vfm55poNCv

— ANI (@ANI) January 13, 2024

Mumbai Youth Congress chief Suraj Singh Thakur, who was also on the flight and was on his way to join the Congress' Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra in Imphal, said he was stuck on the diverted flight.

“I took IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the plane could not land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka,” he wrote. Thakur also highlighted that all the airmen on board the flight had crossed the international border without their passports.

I took @IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. But due to dense fog, the plane could not land in Guwahati. Instead, it landed in Dhaka. Now all passengers without passports are in Bangladesh, we are on the plane.✈️

— Suraj Singh Thakur (@SurajThakurINC) January 13, 2024