Bangkok-bound Air India flight held back at Mumbai airport for over 5 hours

Mumbai, June 27 (PTI) Air India flight of Bangkok from the city, on June 25 for more than five hours, one of the wings of the plane after a little straw after stuck, he said.

Air India said it was immediately participated and then the plane was cleaned for the operation.

The airline operated by the Tata Group, the number of passengers and crews on board, the type of aircraft, the planned departure time and how far the passengers came to Mumbai Airport did not share other important details.

However, according to the flight monitoring website, FLGHTradar24.com, operated by the Airbus A320neo aircraft, was planned to leave Mumbai at 7.45 am. However, after more than five hours of delay – around 13:00.

Air India, said in a statement on Friday, “AI2354 was kept back because there was a straw under the left wing of the planned aircraft planned to work from Mumbai to Mumbai on June 25, 2025.” He said.

This immediately joined and the plane was cleaned for the operation later, the airline, straw source (wing) can not be defined, he added.

In addition, as the flight team came under the regulatory flight time limitations, the flight could not leave immediately.

Air India, Mumbai Airport service provider managing the aircraft, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) security regulator was instructed to investigate the issue.

The airline, passengers landed and entered the service and a new flight team set was reported as soon as the flight was reported.

The incident arrived days after DGCA detected many violations about airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance and repeated defects during the surveillance of large airports, which was performed less than two weeks after the Air India Aircraft accident in Ahmedabad.

He said that without explaining the names of the airlines, airports and other organizations about the defects, on Tuesday, surveys, flight procedures, flight suitable for flight, ramp safety, air traffic control (ATC), communication, navigation and surveillance systems and pre -flight medical assessments.

The surveillance was held last week and the DGCA increases efforts to strengthen the general security surveillance of the aviation ecosystem.