Snag grounds AI flight at Nagpur airport

Nagpur: The Air India IC 869 Raipur-Nagpur-Delhi flight was grounded at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport after developing a technical snag at about 9 am on Thursday. Consequently, the airline cancelled its Nagpur-Delhi leg, leaving 114 Delhi-bound passengers from Raipur and Nagpur stranded at city airport here for almost 10 hours.
Sources at airport informed the commander of the IC 869 detected severe mid-air vibrations en route to Nagpur. Though the aircraft landed at Nagpur airport normally, the commander alerted the ground staff and air traffic control about the snag. As the further leg was cancelled, the stranded passengers created ruckus at the airport terminal building. They had to face a lot of inconvenience as there was no alternative flight for Delhi.
The official informed that a team of engineers arrived here by a special aircraft and rectified the snag. Thereafter, the flight departed for Delhi at about 7 pm.
Many passengers who had to reach Delhi in the morning had to cancel travelling because of grounded flight.
31/12/10 Sachin Dravekar/Times of India

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