An Air India (AI) plane with 123 passengers and crew on board landed under emergency conditions at the airport on Tuesday after a minor defect was detected in its hydraulic system.
All the passengers and crew on board are safe, airport and airline sources said.
The Bengaluru-Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram flight was scheduled to land here at 11.45 hrs.
But after the snag was detected all precautions for a safe landing were taken and it touched down at 12.15 hrs, they said.