Chennai: More than 170 passengers were stranded inside a Chennai-Singapore Air India flight for four hours at Chennai airport on Saturday after the B787 Dreamliner aircraft broke down while entering a taxiway. Other flights were not delayed and the plane was grounded.
The flight scheduled to depart at 11.30am was taxiing when the brakes jammed. Attempts to release the brakes failed and the plane was towed to a parking bay around 3.30pm, an Air India official said. Passengers had to wait inside as authorities could not bring a ladder to take them out.
Later, around 120 passengers were moved to the terminal and taken to a city hotel, while others tried to reschedule the trip or book on other flights.
"We are bringing spare parts from Mumbai to rectify the defect. The passengers were served food and beverages inside the aircraft. Passengers were immediately not disembarked as technicians were trying to set right the snag. As the effort failed, we alerted Mumbai," he said.
The airline was trying to take the passengers on a spare plane to be brought from Mumbai. An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said, "The stranded plane did not affect schedules of other flights because it was about to enter a taxiway. Other flights were routed via an alternative taxiway."
26/02/17 Times of India
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The flight scheduled to depart at 11.30am was taxiing when the brakes jammed. Attempts to release the brakes failed and the plane was towed to a parking bay around 3.30pm, an Air India official said. Passengers had to wait inside as authorities could not bring a ladder to take them out.
Later, around 120 passengers were moved to the terminal and taken to a city hotel, while others tried to reschedule the trip or book on other flights.
"We are bringing spare parts from Mumbai to rectify the defect. The passengers were served food and beverages inside the aircraft. Passengers were immediately not disembarked as technicians were trying to set right the snag. As the effort failed, we alerted Mumbai," he said.
The airline was trying to take the passengers on a spare plane to be brought from Mumbai. An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said, "The stranded plane did not affect schedules of other flights because it was about to enter a taxiway. Other flights were routed via an alternative taxiway."
26/02/17 Times of India
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