Air India flight aborts take-off detecting snag

Lucknow: Air India’s Lucknow-New Delhi 10 am flight had received all the clearances, and was speeding down the runway when the pilot realised that there was a technical snag and immediately decided to abort takeoff and applied emergency brakes, a decision which perhaps averted a possible disaster.
The aircraft gathered speed on the runway after getting the mandatory clearance from the airline’s engineers and the air traffic control (ATC). In fact, it had attained the desirable speed when the pilot informed of an engine snag and aborted the takeoff.
On reports that smoke was seen coming out of one of the plane’s engines, AI officials told TOI: “There was some technical snag in the engine which can only be ascertained by the engineers ."
The panic-stricken passengers were deplaned in a hurry and taken to the waiting room. Later, an alternative flight took them to their destination about 1:30 pm.
22/08/10 Times of India

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