Air Vistara, whose flight from Delhi to Bhubaneswar with 140 passengers on board had to return to the national capital after a full emergency was declared following a hydraulic failure has issued an official statement citing a technical snag forced the aircraft to head back.

The UK-781 DEL-BBI returned to Delhi airport at 8:19 pm shortly after it took off on Monday evenng and all passengers are safe, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said.