A Caribbean Air­lines Boe­ing 737 air­craft had to re­turn to Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port 45 min­utes af­ter take-off, when an in­di­ca­tor light came on in the cock­pit.Flight 524 left Pi­ar­co at 9 am yes­ter­day, head­ed non-stop to John F Kennedy In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port, New York, when 45 min­utes in­to the flight, the light came on, prompt­ing the air­plane to turn back for main­te­nance eval­u­a­tion.

Head of cor­po­rate com­mu­ni­ca­tions for the air­line Clint Williams said pas­sen­gers trans­ferred to an­oth­er air­craft, and left Pi­ar­co at 3.20 pm, head­ed to their orig­i­nal des­ti­na­tion.He said the ini­tial air­craft was be­ing checked by main­te­nance en­gi­neers in Pi­ar­co.