Indian Air Force sources told India Today TV, the flight, 6E-2142, faced heavy turbulence and incurred visible damage to its nose (radome) as a result of unexpected weather changes over North India on Wednesday night.

While cruising at around 36,000 feet near Pathankot in Punjab, the aircraft entered a thunderstorm zone. The crew first contacted the Indian Air Force-controlled northern air traffic control (ATC) seeking permission to deviate towards Pakistani airspace to bypass the storm.

In a detailed statement about the incident, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said there was no injury to any passengers who were on the Delhi-Srinagar IndiGo flight and that the aircraft's "nose radome" was damaged.