India, March 29 -- A full emergency was declared on Saturday morning for an IndiGo flight approaching Delhi after the aircraft reported an engine failure shortly before landing, officials aware of the matter said. All crew members and passengers made a safe landing despite the technical issue, they said.

The incident took place at 10.39am.

Officials identified the flight service as IndiGo's 6E 579, operating from Visakhapatnam to New Delhi, with 161 people on board. The flight made a safe landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport at 10.54am. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800, was given priority landing on runway 28 following the mid-air alert, officials said.

In a statement, IndiGo said a "technical snag" was detected shortly bef...