9 coal miners injured, 4 feared trapped in Odisha mine mishap
Talcher (Odisha): Nine coal miners were injured and four feared trapped after a dump slide at an opencast mine in Talcher coalfields, an official said on Wednesday.
The coal miners were working at the mine of the Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL) when the accident happened around 11.30pm on Tuesday, trapping the 13 workers, he said.
A portion of earth broke loose due to a strata failure, an MCL spokesperson said. Fellow miners and rescue teams pulled out nine workers from the mine and shifted them to the company's hospital in Talcher, he said.
Rescue operations were on to rescue the other four miners. Senior MCL officials have rushed to Talcher in Angul district to oversee the rescue operation, he said.
Meanwhile, locals said the accident happened due to a landslide after a controlled blast at the mine.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
