Snags ground 3 more AI flights

New Delhi: Air India's spell of bad luck just doesn't seem to end. A short while after the airline saw several delays spread over four days, on Wednesday, the airline had three planes on ground - all stranded due to technical snags. Consequently, about 500 passengers were stuck in different parts of the world, even as A-I tried to get them to their respective destinations.
According to sources, AI 520 in Dhaka was scheduled to arrive in Delhi on Wednesday night, after an over 28-hour delay. The flight from Mumbai to Dhaka via Delhi that was to reach Dhaka on Tuesday morning and return to Delhi at 6.25 pm the same day, was stranded in Mumbai due to a technical snag. Eventually, after much delay, the Tuesday flight was cancelled.
In the second case, AI 307, Tokyo-Bangkok-Delhi, arrived in the Capital on Wednesday after it was grounded in Tokyo on Sunday due to a technical snag.However, the aircraft developed more problems and had to be grounded in Delhi as well.
In third case, AI 856, Kuwait-Kochi-Chennai, that was to leave from Kuwait at 2.40 am (local time) and reach Chennai at 12.20 pm on Wednesday, was stuck there.
22/11/07 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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