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An IndiGo flight, bound for Guwahati from Mumbai, has made an emergency landing in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Saturday morning amid dense fog.
The flight was forced to reroute to Dhaka as it failed to make a landing at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport due to heavy fog and was diverted to nearby Dhaka, some 400 km from Guwahati, according to Hindustan Times.
Due to the poor visibility caused by dense fog, the pilots were unable to land the flight at the Guwahati Airport and the team decided to divert the flight to Dhaka, said the news portal said.
The flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at around 4:00 am on Saturday.
The India-based news portal said a total of 178 passengers are now inside the plane at the airport without their passports.
The airline company said it has initiated the process of arranging an alternate set of crew to operate the flight from Dhaka to Guwahati.