Vistara Flight Lands In Lucknow With Just 10 Minutes Of Fuel Remaining

New Delhi: A Vistara flight from Mumbai to Delhi with 153 passengers narrowly escaped an aerial mishap when it was diverted to Lucknow due to lack of visibility and almost ran out of fuel on Monday.

The pilot, who now has been de-rostered as per the instructions of Directorate General of Civil Aviation, issued a 'Mayday' distress call due to low-fuel near Lucknow airport, indicating the seriousness of their situation to the Air Traffic Control.

"The flight could have managed only 10 more minutes in the air before exhausting the fuel. The aircraft had barely 300 kg of fuel left when it touched down at the Lucknow airport," Vistara Airlines told NDTV.