An Air India Express flight from Calicut to Doha returned due to a technical issue. The aircraft, with 188 passengers onboard, landed back safely around two hours after takeoff.

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An Air India Express flight bound to Doha from Calicut International Airport on Wednesday returned a couple of hours after take-off due to some technical fault, airport officials said.