Sri Lankan Air Force flight makes emergency landing in Chennai

August 28, 2011 11:26 am | Updated 11:26 am IST - Chennai

A flight belonging to Sri Lankan Air Force made an emergency landing at the Anna International Airport in Chennai on Sunday following a technical snag, airport sources said.

The flight, proceeding from Colombo to Visakhapatnam, was carrying seven Sri Lankan jawans when it developed snag mid-air, following which it made an emergency landing here at 8.15 a.m., they said.

All the jawans were safe, they said.

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