The Economic Times

Close call at Lucknow Airport: Monkey disrupts IndiGo take-off, forces mid-runway abort and delays flights

An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Raipur aborted its takeoff after pilots spotted a monkey on the runway. The incident, which occurred just as the Airbus A320 was accelerating, caused a delay for nearly 170 passengers. Airport operations were briefly disrupted, with another flight performing a go-around.