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New Indian Express
22-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Air India Delhi-Kolkata flight aborts take-off due to technical glitch
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight carrying over 160 passengers from Delhi to Kolkata was returned to its starting point just before take-off on Monday evening owing to a technical glitch. Flight No AI 2403 was taxiing for take-off from Terminal 3's runway at 5.51 pm when the incident happened. The flight, an Airbus 321 Neo, model was running 20 minutes behind its scheduled time. According to an airport source, 'The flight rejected take-off — which means the pilot decided to vacate the runway after the pushback – due to some technical issue. Air India in a statement said, 'Flight AI2403 operating from Delhi to Kolkata on 21 July has been rescheduled to depart later this evening, necessitated by a technical issue detected during the take-off roll. The cockpit crew decided to discontinue the take-off, following SoPs. All passengers have disembarked and our ground colleagues in Delhi are extending support to them.'
New Indian Express
21-07-2025
- General
- New Indian Express
Air India pilot aborts flight just before take-off from Delhi to Kolkata due to technical snag
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight carrying 160-plus passengers from Delhi to Kolkata was steered back to its starting point by the pilots just before take-off on Monday evening due to a techical glitch. The passengers were deplaned and the flight is expected to take-off by late night. Flight No AI 2403 was taxiing for take-off from Terminal 3's runway at 5.51 pm when the incident happened. The flight, an Airbus 321 Neo model was running 20 minutes behind its scheduled time. According to an airport source, 'The flight rejected take-off -- which means the pilot decided to vacate the runway after the pushback – due to some technical issue. Confirming the incident, Air India in a statement said, 'Flight AI2403 operating from Delhi to Kolkata on 21 July has been rescheduled to depart later this evening, necessitated by a technical issue detected during the take-off roll. The cockpit crew decided to discontinue the take-off, following Standard Operating Procedures. All passengers have disembarked and our ground colleagues in Delhi are extending support to them.' AI 2403 returned along its runway path and then headed to the taxiway and returned to the parking bay. The flight is expected to take-off around 9.30 pm on Monday, four hours behind its scheduled start time. This marks a series of flights of Air India suffering technical problems before or after take-off within the last seven weeks. On May 31, a Delhi to Singapore Air India flight (AI 2382) was aborted twice before take-off due to a techncial glitch with passengers stuck inside flight for four hours before they were deplaned. On June 17, an Air India Express Boeing flight (IX 1113) from Delhi to Ranchi, developed a technical issue midair and returned to the Indira Gandhi international Airport. On June 15, an Air India flight (AI 819) from Delhi to Vadodara returned to Delhi after technical issues immediately after take-off.
New Indian Express
17-07-2025
- New Indian Express
Indigo flight from Delhi to Imphal returns to IGI after snag mid-air
New Delhi: In a short span of over 12 hours, a second Indigo flight developed technical issues mid-air and had to reroute its journey. On Thursday, an Indigo flight with nearly 150 passengers on board flying from Delhi to Imphal had to return to the Indira Gandhi International airport an hour after it took off due to technical issues. Flight 6E 5118, an Airbus 321Neo make, took off at 10:34 am from Terminal 3 of IGI, states flight tracking website, flightradar 24. The flight is reported to have returned to the originating airport an hour after it was airborne. It finally took off at 12.32 pm and reached Imphal at 2.53 pm instead of the scheduled time of 1.10 pm. Indigo confirmed the return of the flight 6E 5118 to Delhi on Thursday afternoon. An official statement said, 'A minor technical snag was detected soon after take-off on flight 6E 5118 operating from Delhi to Imphal on 17 July. As a precautionary step, the pilots decided to turn-back and landed safely at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.' In line with the mandatory procedures, the aircraft underwent necessary checks and resumed the journey shortly thereafter, it added. IndiGo refused to divulge the specific nature of the snag. On Wednesday night, an Indigo flight from Delhi to Goa with 191 people on board was diverted to Mumbai due to an engine failure detected at 9.27 pm mid-air. An emergency call was made by the pilot and the Flight 6E 6271 was rerouted to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport where a full emergency had been declared due to its arrival.
