New Delhi: According to news agency ANI, the Indian Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster aircraft got stuck at the Leh airport on Tuesday due to some technical reasons, due to which all flights have been canceled. The Air Force officer gave this information.
Domestic flights including IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet, and Vistara operate 10 flights to the hill town every day, as per a report by Hindustan Times.
In a tweet this morning, Vistara informed about flight diversion due to “runway restriction”.
“#DiversionUpdate: Flight UK601 from Delhi to Leh (DEL-IXL) is returning back to Delhi airport (DEL) due to runway restriction at Leh and is expected to arrive in Delhi at 10:00 AM. Please stay tuned for further updates,” it tweeted.
Air India, which has two daily flight operations to Leh diverted one to Srinagar while canceled the second flight after a notice to airmen (NOTAM) was issued due to the C-17 breakdown, as per the HT report.
The Air Force official has said that the C-17 heavy lift transport aircraft is facing serviceability issues and is on the runway at Leh. The resolution process is underway. He said that the runway is expected to be available for flight by tomorrow (May 17) morning.
