"The aircraft departed from Mumbai airport at 2:15 pm for Jeddah, after which the pilot reported that one of its four engines had failed," a spokesperson for Mumbai International Airport Limited told PTI.
The plane then returned to Mumbai and made an emergency landing at the airport at around 3 pm, he said.
All passengers were reported to be safe and the aircraft was moved to a bay in the airport after they alighted, he said.
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