New Jersey-bound AI flight grounded at airport

  • | Monday | 15th October, 2018

AHMEDABAD: Passengers travelling to New Jersey, USA and London,UK, in the Air India flight AI031/172 had a hard time on Monday, as the aircraft — Boeing 788 — by which they were to travel to their destinations abroad, got grounded at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in Ahmedabad. However, those who had come from Mumbai, had been deplaned,” said an AAI official.“The weather RADAR of the aircraft was reported to have developed technical issues, according to Air India officials. The boarding from Ahmedabad had not begun and the passengers from Ahmedabad were in the security-hold area. “According to the station in-charge of Air India, after the clearances from Immigration and Customs, some 110 passengers were accommodated at local hotels in Ahmedabad. The state-owned airlines’ flight, which flies on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad-London-Newark sector, arrived at the Terminal-2 of the SVPI airport at 4.50am from Mumbai, confirmed officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI).“After landing, the aircraft was declared to have a technical snag.

AHMEDABAD: Passengers travelling to New Jersey, USA and London,UK, in the Air India flight AI031/172 had a hard time on Monday, as the aircraft — Boeing 788 — by which they were to travel to their destinations abroad, got grounded at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in Ahmedabad. The state-owned airlines’ flight, which flies on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad-London-Newark sector, arrived at the Terminal-2 of the SVPI airport at 4.50am from Mumbai, confirmed officials of Airports Authority of India (AAI).“After landing, the aircraft was declared to have a technical snag. The boarding from Ahmedabad had not begun and the passengers from Ahmedabad were in the security-hold area. However, those who had come from Mumbai, had been deplaned,” said an AAI official.“The weather RADAR of the aircraft was reported to have developed technical issues, according to Air India officials. They tried to rectify the problem continuously, however, in view of aircraft safety, the flight has been grounded at Ahmedabad,” said a statement issued by AAI.Some 130 passengers, including 10 wheelchair-bound passengers and two infants, who were set to take the flight are all reported to be safe, confirmed AAI officials. “According to the station in-charge of Air India, after the clearances from Immigration and Customs, some 110 passengers were accommodated at local hotels in Ahmedabad. However, some 20 passengers preferred returning to their residences,” mentions the statement.Top sources in the airline confirmed that 40 New Jersey-bound passengers, were connected through Mumbai. “Those travelling to New Jersey were diverted to Mumbai through the flight AI985 which departs from SVPI airport at 7.20pm,” the source confirmed.Speaking about the status of the aircraft which was grounded, AAI officials said, “The spares for the Aircraft On Ground (AOG) were expected to arrive from Mumbai on Monday evening; and after the aircraft is cleared of technical snag, it is scheduled to leave for London at 06.35am on Tuesday.”

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