Oman Air flight to Muscat returns to Kozhikode - technical snag 
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Oman Air flight to Muscat returns to Kozhikode following technical snag

An Oman Air flight from Kozhikode to Muscat was forced to turn back to the international airport here on Tuesday minutes after take-off due to a technical snag, airport authorities said.

 Kozhikode (Kerala) | An Oman Air flight from Kozhikode to Muscat was forced to turn back to the international airport here on Tuesday minutes after take-off due to a technical snag, airport authorities said.

The flight -- WY 298 -- with 169 people onboard which took off from the Karipur airport at 9.15 AM turned back barely a few minutes into its journey due to a technical fault and landed safely, a Calicut airport official said.

"It was a normal landing.. the aircraft landed safely," he told PTI.

The aircraft circled the airport for over two hours to burn fuel and become lighter before landing, he said. 

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