Video Shows Plane’s Dramatic Landing Attempt In Chennai Amid Strong Winds

A video of an IndiGo airplane struggling to land in Chennai forward of Cyclone Fengal’s landfall has gone viral. The airplane is seen attempting to land amid heavy turbulence because the cyclone led to heavy rain and powerful winds within the metropolis yesterday. 

On the final second, it aborts landing and flies away however not earlier than tilting alarmingly to the left, whereas nonetheless just some ft above the floor of the runway. IndiGo has confirmed the incident and mentioned that the Mumbai-Chennai flight confronted an hostile climate, together with rain and gusty winds, so it went for a go-around – which is normally performed when a protected touchdown can’t be achieved.

“Attributable to hostile climate situations, together with rain and powerful, gusty winds (which later led to the closure of Chennai airport), the cockpit crew of flight 6E 683, working between Mumbai and Chennai, executed a go-around on November 30, 2024, in accordance with established security protocols,” mentioned IndiGo.

The airline clarified that such maneuvers are customary and the pilots are correctly skilled to deal with such conditions.

“It is a customary and protected maneuver, and our pilots are extensively skilled to deal with such conditions with the utmost professionalism. A go-around is carried out when a protected touchdown can’t be achieved, as was the case with this flight,” the assertion added.

The airplane landed in Chennai round 12:40 pm, shortly earlier than the airport shut operations until the subsequent day within the wake of the cyclone.

Cyclone Fengal made landfall final night time, triggering heavy rain throughout the coastal districts in northern Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. At the least three folks had been killed in rain-related incidents in Chennai, elements of which had been left waterlogged.