Mumbai: Wednesday’s Mumbai blasts have an unusual casualty. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner plane will skip its maiden Mumbai flight and will instead fly back to Seattle from Delhi, where it landed on 13 July.
National flag carrier Air India will receive Dreamliner, one of the world’s largest aircraft by seating capacity, shortly. Typically, ahead of commercial operations, plane makers fly the aircraft to the main airports of the country where their customers are based. In this case, Dreamliner planned to touch down in Delhi and Mumbai.
Dinesh Keskar, Boeing Co. of the US’ India president, said security concerns were not the reason behind the change in plan. “It’s about cultural sensitivity. I am a Maharashtrian; I know the pain of the city that has witnessed three blasts. I can bring Dreamliner on another day,” Keskar said.
15/07/11 P.R Sanjai & Sneha Shah
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