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New Delhi (Gurpreet Singh): A full emergency was declared at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in Delhi on Saturday morning, March 28, 2026, after an IndiGo flight arriving from Visakhapatnam reported a mid-air engine failure. The aircraft, a Boeing 737-800 operating as flight 6E 579, was carrying 161 people when the technical snag was detected. The emergency was officially triggered at 10:39 AM as the plane approached the national capital, prompting airport authorities to activate all standard safety protocols and station firefighting teams on standby near the runway. Despite the engine malfunction, the flight had an estimated fuel endurance of…