Thai Airways Flight Makes Emergency Landing in India

Kolkata: Having taken-off from Mumbai the Thai Airways flight was forced to make and emergency landing in Kolkata after the pilot discovered a technical fault with the fuel supply causing an irregular flow to the engines.
All 238 passengers on-board were safe, but left stranded at the airport for several hours before being allocated rooms at a nearby hotel, free of charge. They were later accommodated on another scheduled Kolkata-Bangkok flight.
The overnight flight was scheduled to land in Bangkok at dawn, however; a fuel supply issue that was discovered by the pilot forced him to request and emergency landing. “Around 1 am, the pilot sought permission for an emergency landing. The pilot informed us that supply of fuel from the tank to the engine was not steady. As a result, there was not enough power in the engine,” said a senior air traffic controller.
28/03/10 Pattaya Daily News

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