Airline
US-bound Air India flight returns to Mumbai over suspected tech issue: Report
Mumbai/IBNS: A US-bound Air India flight returned to Mumbai due to a suspected technical issue on Wednesday, a report by NDTV said.
The flight AI191 took off for Newark on Wednesday morning. Later, it took a return and safely landed in Mumbai.
"The crew of flight AI191 operating from Mumbai to Newark on 22 October made a precautionary air-return to Mumbai due to a suspected technical issue," the airline said as quoted by the broadcaster.
"The flight landed safely back in Mumbai, and the aircraft is undergoing necessary inspections. All affected passengers at Mumbai have been provided hotel accommodations and have been rebooked on alternative Air India and other airlines' flights to their destination," it added.
Hotel rooms and alternative flight tickets have been booked for the affected passengers in Mumbai.
The airline incidents grab headlines nowadays in the backdrop of the deadly Air India crash that killed all except one onboard passengers in Gujarat earlier this year.
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