Chennai: A Scoot Airways flight on Monday made an emergency landing at Chennai airport at around 3:40 am today after the pilot detected smoke in the aircraft cargo. 

The Singapore-bound Scoot Airways flight TR 567 was flying from Trichy with 161 passengers and crew members on board. 

“Singapore–bound Scoot Airways Fright TR 567 flying from Trichy (Tamil Nadu) made an emergency landing at Chennai airport after the pilot detected smoke in the aircraft cargo at around 3.40 AM today. The pilot had requested an emergency landing, which was granted by the ATC,” an airport official said.

All the passengers were later safely disembarked.

The flight has also been grounded at Chennai airport. It is expected to fly back to Singapore today evening.

Scoot Airways a part of Scoot Tigerair Pte Ltd is a Singaporean low-cost airline owned by Singapore Airlines through its subsidiary Budget Aviation Holdings.

More details awaited