AI denies Riyadh-bound aircraft was standby one

Mumbai: Air India on Saturday said its Boeing 747-400 Riyadh-bound aircraft, whose engine had caught fire while taxiing for take-off from Mumbai yesterday, was in regular use and had returned only that morning from a flight.
The airline's assertion came in the wake of reports in a section of the media which suggested that the aircraft was on standby and deployed to operate the Mumbai-Riyadh flight yesterday morning.
"One channel has gone to the extent of suggesting that the 747-400 aircraft involved in the incident was a standby aircraft. This is incorrect," Air India's Executive Director (Corporate Communication), Jeetendra Bhargava, said in a statement here.
06/09/09 PTI/India Today

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