New Delhi: An Air India Dreamliner flying from Melbourne to Delhi on Wednesday had to be diverted to Kuala Lumpur after all the three onboard flight management computers (FMC) — that control navigation and allow a plane to be fly long distances on auto pilot — reportedly failed simultaneously. The flight, AI 301 with 231 people on board including 18 crew members, landed in KL safely but is now stuck there.
"AI is rushing engineers and technical equipment to KL. Passengers are being taken care of there and those who have to rush to Delhi are being accommodated on other airlines. The other passengers will leave as soon as the aircraft is rectified. There was no safety issue in the latest snag but it has caused inconvenience to passengers and huge expenses to the airline," said a senior AI official. Rattled by the unending snags, Boeing is sending a team of its experts from Hong Kong to KL.
The latest snag in this particular Dreamliner — VT-ANJ, which in December saw its windshield cracking while parked in Delhi — is being viewed very seriously as the all the three FMC failed simultaneously.
06/02/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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"AI is rushing engineers and technical equipment to KL. Passengers are being taken care of there and those who have to rush to Delhi are being accommodated on other airlines. The other passengers will leave as soon as the aircraft is rectified. There was no safety issue in the latest snag but it has caused inconvenience to passengers and huge expenses to the airline," said a senior AI official. Rattled by the unending snags, Boeing is sending a team of its experts from Hong Kong to KL.
The latest snag in this particular Dreamliner — VT-ANJ, which in December saw its windshield cracking while parked in Delhi — is being viewed very seriously as the all the three FMC failed simultaneously.
06/02/14 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
