Alliance Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing In Delhi After Engine Failure

Around 40 people were onboard the ATR 72-600 aircraft flying from Prayagraj to Delhi

By : PTI

Update: 2026-09-11 10:11 GMT

An Alliance Air flight from Prayagraj to Delhi made a safe emergency landing at the Delhi airport on Friday afternoon after one of its engines became inoperative.

An Alliance Air aircraft, carrying around 40 people, made an emergency landing at the Delhi airport due to an engine failure on Friday afternoon, according to a source.The aircraft landed safely at the airport, the source said.

The airline was operating the flight 9I 698 from Prayagraj to the national capital with an ATR 72-600, a twin-engine turboprop aircraft. The source said the plane, which had around 40 people onboard, made an emergency landing as one of the engines was inoperative. The aircraft landed at the Delhi airport around 2.15 pm, as per information available on flight tracking website Flightradar24.com. There was no immediate comment from Alliance Air.