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Air India Express flight from Jeddah makes emergency landing in Kochi airport

Air India Express plane. - Photo: IANS

NEW DELHI: An Air India Express flight lX 398, headed to Kozhikode from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, was forced to make an emergency landing at Kochi airport in Kerala on Thursday (Dec 18) due to a technical snag involving malfunctioning landing gear.

The aircraft, carrying 160 passengers, landed safely at Kochi Airport under full emergency conditions at 9.07am on Thursday.

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