Serious error gets detected on Indigo flight, passengers along with Union Minister de-boarded

NAGPUR: Nitin Gadkari the Union Minister, was among the passengers of an IndiGo flight that did not take-off this morning because of a "serious error" which was as detected by the pilot.

As per sources, second attempt at take-off by the pilot also failed.

According to a statement given by IndiGo, the pilot "observed a momentary caution message while starting the engine and the aircraft returned to the bay for checks".

The plane has been grounded and is under maintenance.

A senior official at the Nagpur Airport, Vijay Mulekar had said, "Subsequently, around 10.30 am, the flight made a second attempt to take off but was pushed back again due to the technical snag."