Two hours after its departure, an Air India Express flight destined for Dubai returned to the Thiruvananthapuram Airport in Kerala. Reports indicate that the flight took off at 1:19 p.m. It returned to the airport in Thiruvananthapuram due to technical difficulties with the air conditioning.
The flight has a total of 174 passengers. All passengers are reportedly in good health. At 6:12 p.m., they were transported to Dubai via a different flight (IX 556).