CHENNAI: A series of operational disruptions involving Air India flights led to significant delays and confusion for over 300 passengers at Chennai and Bengaluru airports on Wednesday night, with officials providing unclear reasons for the incident.

The trouble began with an Air India flight, which departed from Delhi at 5:55 pm with 152 passengers and 6 crew members. The flight was scheduled to land in Chennai at 8:40 pm. It arrived in Chennai's airspace around 8:30 pm as planned but was not given permission to land.

The aircraft was forced to circle overhead for approximately half an hour before air traffic control at Chennai International Airport instructed it to divert to Bengaluru. The flight subsequently landed in Bengaluru at 9:35 pm.

When questioned about the reason for denying

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