An Air India flight to Amsterdam returned back to New Delhi hours after take off, according to data available on flight tracking platforms on Tuesday.

The flight, AI 155, took off from the national capital’s Indira Gandhi International Airport at 1:17 pm. However, instead of going to its destination, it returned to the source airport after 5 hours and 34 minutes, as per FlightStats.

A technical snag is likely suspected behind the flight’s diversion back to the Delhi airport. An official confirmation, however, was awaited from the airline and airport authorities at the time of publishing this report.

(This is a developing story)

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