AI flight suffers snag again

New Delhi: At least 154 passengers scheduled to leave for Dubai at 1645 hours Saturday in an Air India (AI) flight were taken to hotels here after the Boeing-757 flight developed engine problem.
According to the airlines authorities, only six passengers were shifted to an Indian Airlines flight to Dubai after engineers failed to rectify the technical problem in engine number two.
"The rest 154 passengers were taken to nearby hotels," said Venkat, an AI spokesman.
"They have been given refreshment and dinner at our cost too," he added.
"The flight was moving towards the runway when our pilot spotted the technical problem. After which the flight returned to its bay at 5.30 and engineers were rushed to work. However, we could not achieve any positive result till 2200 hours.
"We are planning to send a flight from Mumbai to Delhi soon," the spokesman told IANS from Mumbai over telephone.
However, he said that they had taken the flight on lease from Euro Atlanta, and would take up the case with it soon.
This is the third problem that the AI had faced within a span of 12 days. On April 9, two of its flights made emergency landing in Delhi due to technical snags.
22/04/07 IANS/Mangalorean.com

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