Overview
- Pilots of IndiGo flight 6E-6521 to Raipur aborted takeoff after spotting a monkey on the runway during the roll at Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.
- The jet taxied off the runway for checks and refuelling, then departed about an hour later as operations returned to normal.
- An arriving Air India Express crew had warned of monkeys near the runway minutes earlier, which prompted wildlife staff to secure the area.
- Airport ground teams and the wildlife unit cleared the runway as the animal lingered along the airside perimeter before being chased toward the boundary.
- The aborted roll burned extra fuel and briefly affected other departures, and ATC’s A A Ansari said animal incursions will be raised with district and forest officials in scheduled meetings.