Goa, June 16 -- A Lufthansa flight en route to Hyderabad was forced to return to Frankfurt on Sunday after it reportedly did not receive landing clearance from Indian aviation authorities.

Flight LH752 took off from Frankfurt, Germany, at approximately 14:14 local time and was scheduled to arrive at Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport early Monday morning. However, flight tracker data showed the aircraft made a mid-air U-turn several hours into its journey and landed back at Frankfurt Airport late Sunday evening.

Passengers were left confused and frustrated as they were informed mid-flight that the plane did not have "permission to land" in India. A female passenger onboard, traveling from the United States to visit her mothe...