Air India plane lands under emergency conditions

New Delhi: A Bangkok-bound Air India flight from Mumbai with 154 passengers on board today landed at the international airport here under emergency conditions after it developed a problem in its hydraulic system.
The pilot of Air India's flight 348 detected the technical glitch and landed the Airbus 310 safely at around 12 pm as emergency personnel were kept on standby, airport officials said.
All the 154 passengers on board are safe, they said.
"The pilot felt there was some problem in the hydraulic system and decided to land. The landing was normal. The aircraft was taxied to the technical area for a check," the carrier's northern India regional director D S Kohli said.
He said the "passengers would be flown to Bangkok and Tokyo in the evening and to other destinations thereafter". They were being accomodated at the airport and and served refreshments.
26/06/07 PTI/The Hindu

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