Mumbai:The Air India Dreamliner aircraft — registration number VT-ANL — that had experienced an onboard oven overheating in July, has been grounded in Melbourne due engine trouble since Wednesday, inconveniencing over 140 passengers.
The "technical problem", which airline officials are unable to explain, has left passengers of the Melbourne-Sydney-Delhi flight stranded at Melbourne itself.
"The problem began when an engine of the aircraft developed a snag at Melbourne," a senior engineering department official told Mirror. Sources said that engineers attend to the fault and Air India made three attempts to reschedule the take-off, but all three were called off at the last minute when it was found that the problem had not been satisfactorily addressed.
"The exact cause of the engine problem will be known once it is certified to operate and a report on the incident is prepared," an airline official said.
The same aircraft had made headlines three months ago when an onboard steam oven overheated and emitted hot water, scalding an airhostess.
Following the incident, the aircraft was not grounded but continued to fly after a routine check by local engineers in Kolkata.
25/10/13 Aditya Sharma/Mumbai Mirror
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The "technical problem", which airline officials are unable to explain, has left passengers of the Melbourne-Sydney-Delhi flight stranded at Melbourne itself.
"The problem began when an engine of the aircraft developed a snag at Melbourne," a senior engineering department official told Mirror. Sources said that engineers attend to the fault and Air India made three attempts to reschedule the take-off, but all three were called off at the last minute when it was found that the problem had not been satisfactorily addressed.
"The exact cause of the engine problem will be known once it is certified to operate and a report on the incident is prepared," an airline official said.
The same aircraft had made headlines three months ago when an onboard steam oven overheated and emitted hot water, scalding an airhostess.
Following the incident, the aircraft was not grounded but continued to fly after a routine check by local engineers in Kolkata.
25/10/13 Aditya Sharma/Mumbai Mirror
