Air India flight AI 2455, going from Thiruvananthapuram to Delhi late on Sunday night, had to make an emergency landing at Chennai Airport due to disturbances in the radar. In this aircraft, four Kerala MP Congress General Secretary K.K. C. Venugopal, UDF convenor Adour Prakash, Senior Congress leaders Kodikunnil Suresh and K.K. Apart from Radhakrishnan, Tamil Nadu MP Robert Bruce was also aboard.
After landing, Venugopal said that it was narrowly escaped from a major accident. The pilots saw a failure in the radar during the flight, causing the aircraft to be diverted towards Chennai. They stayed in the air for about an hour and ten minutes. He has informed this to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
Dear mr venugopal, we would like to clear that the diversion to chennai was precautes A go-Around was instruined by chennai atc during the first attempted landing at chennai airport, not because of the presence…
– Air India (@Airindia) August 10, 2025
According to the passengers, another scary moment came during the landing when another aircraft was already present on the runway. Adoor Prakash said that the aircraft was about to touch the runway that the pilots suddenly pulled the aircraft up and made a safe landing after circling for about half an hour. The crew remained calm and handled the situation in a professional manner.
All passengers are safe, but this incident has raised questions about air traffic management and presence of other flights on the runway. It is believed that at first the aircraft was folded due to radar failure, but the presence of the second aircraft on the runway during the first landing attempt made the situation more serious. DGCA will investigate the matter.
