A tyre of a Delhi-bound Air India plane from Mumbai, with 128 people onboard, was found deflated after landing at Jodhpur, following which the flight was delayed for more than three hours.
The flight AI-476 operating on an Airbus 319 aircraft on Mumbai-Delhi via Jodhpur route landed safely at Jodhpur airport on Sunday afternoon, but when it was to take off for Delhi one of its tyres was found deflated, a Jodhpur airport official said.
The plane landed at 11.40 AM at Jodhpur airport when pilot felt some unusual jerks. After observation it was found that one of the plane's tyres had reduced pressure.
In another incident, the rear tyres of a Dibrugarh-Kolkata Air India flight deflated when the aircraft was taxying after landing at NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Saturday.
01/12/14 Business World
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The flight AI-476 operating on an Airbus 319 aircraft on Mumbai-Delhi via Jodhpur route landed safely at Jodhpur airport on Sunday afternoon, but when it was to take off for Delhi one of its tyres was found deflated, a Jodhpur airport official said.
The plane landed at 11.40 AM at Jodhpur airport when pilot felt some unusual jerks. After observation it was found that one of the plane's tyres had reduced pressure.
In another incident, the rear tyres of a Dibrugarh-Kolkata Air India flight deflated when the aircraft was taxying after landing at NSC Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Saturday.
01/12/14 Business World
