New Delhi: Air India’s trouble with its newly-acquired fleet of Dreamliners seems unending as one of these planes from London landed here under emergency conditions after warning lights blip ped in the cockpit panel indicating problems with its brakes.
The incident came hours after another of its state-of-the- art Boeing 787s gave a scare after one of the windshields in the cockpit cracked while landing at Melbourne early yesterday.
The latest in the string of incidents involving the Dreamliner, flight AI—116 from London to Delhi carrying 174 passengers and ten crew members, made a landing under emergency conditions at the IGI Airport on Monday after warning lights blipped.
The pilots, adopting precautionary measures, sought emergency landing as they approached the airport, Air India officials said, adding the aircraft landed safely on Runway 28 at 0222 hours, the officials said.
05/11/13 PTI/Business Line
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The incident came hours after another of its state-of-the- art Boeing 787s gave a scare after one of the windshields in the cockpit cracked while landing at Melbourne early yesterday.
The latest in the string of incidents involving the Dreamliner, flight AI—116 from London to Delhi carrying 174 passengers and ten crew members, made a landing under emergency conditions at the IGI Airport on Monday after warning lights blipped.
The pilots, adopting precautionary measures, sought emergency landing as they approached the airport, Air India officials said, adding the aircraft landed safely on Runway 28 at 0222 hours, the officials said.
05/11/13 PTI/Business Line
