Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 13: An Air India Express flight to Sharjah with 170 passengers on board landed safely at the Airport here Today, soon after its take-off, the pilots noticed a technical snag.

After noticing the technical snag, the pilots decided to return back to Thiruvananthapuram Airport, sources said.

Later, another flight was arranged for all the 170 passengers including five infants to travel to Sharjah.

The incident happened at around 0700 hours this morning.

The Air India flight which also had a crew of six landed safely after half an hour of its take-off, sources added. (UNI)