An Air India flight carrying 180 passengers from Singapore narrowly avoided disaster at Chennai airport on Wednesday. The Airbus aborted its landing just before touchdown due to a high descent rate and sudden crosswinds. The pilots executed a go-around, and the flight landed safely on its second attempt 30 minutes later.
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