An Abu Dhabi-bound IndiGo flight returned to Kochi early on Saturday as a consequence of a technical snag after being airborne for over two hours, in accordance with sources.

There have been greater than 180 passengers and 6 crew members onboard the plane, they stated.

There was no rapid remark from IndiGo.

The flight 6E-1403 (COK-AUH) departed from Kochi at 11.10 pm on Friday and returned to the town at round 1.44 am on Saturday as a consequence of a technical snag, the sources advised PTI.

In addition they stated that the passengers had been flown to Abu Dhabi in one other plane which took off at round 3.30 am and a brand new set of crew operated the flight as the sooner crew had to get replaced as a consequence of flight responsibility time restrictions.

As per info out there on flight monitoring web site Flightradar24.com, flight 6E1403 which had returned mid-way, was operated with an A320 neo plane.