Saturday, August 23, 2014

Engine failure forces AI flight to land at Jaipur

Ahmedabad: As many as 104 passengers had a narrow escape when the Air India flight from Delhi to Ahmedabad was forced to make an emergency landing in Jaipur on Friday morning after its left engine stopped working. All passengers were safe.

The AI-019 Delhi-Ahmedabad flight left Delhi at 6 am but landed safely at Sanganer Airport in Jaipur at 7:25 am after the pilot complained of a snag in one of the engines. "The pilot informed Jaipur air traffic controller (ATC) about some technical problem in the aircraft after which it was diverted," said an ATC official.

Such was the fault in the engine that Airbus-321 had to be grounded at Jaipur airport and, until Friday night, it was still being repaired.
23/08/14 Times of India
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