Air India's flight to Kolkata returns to Delhi after technical-snag
A Kolkata-bound Air India flight, which took off from New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) this morning, returned to the aerodrome due to a technical issue. The flight, having 239 passengers on board, later took off in another aircraft. The Dreamliner B787-800 aircraft, which initially took off at 7:10 am, landed back safely at 8:50 am. All passengers are safe. Here's more.
The flight was returned after airborne for almost 40 minutes
"The flight AI401 was scheduled to depart for Kolkata from Delhi at 6.50am but took off 20 minutes delay. However, after it was airborne for almost 40 minutes, the pilot announced that the aircraft was returning to Delhi due to a technical-snag," the source said.
