Air India London flight cancelled due to snag. Same route on which AI-171 crashed
The Air India aircraft (AI-159), scheduled to operate the first London-bound flight from Ahmedabad since last week's crash, did not take off on Tuesday due to a technical fault. This is the fourth such incident involving an Air India aircraft in the past 24 hours.The London-bound flight was scheduled to take off at 1.10 pm today. The airline said passengers would be issued a refund.advertisementThe ill-fated AI-171, which crashed into a residential neighbourhood in Ahmedabad last week, killing 274 people, was retired after the incident and replaced with AI-159.
Data from Flightradar24 showed that the aircraft scheduled to operate on the route was a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - the same model involved in the recent Air India crash.AIR INDIA RECENT INCIDENTSThe development comes amid growing safety concerns around wide-body aircraft.Earlier in the day, an Air India flight (AI-180) from San Francisco to Mumbai developed a technical snag in one of its engines, forcing passengers to deplane during a scheduled stop at Kolkata airport.On Monday, an Air India Dreamliner (AI-315), en route to Delhi from Hong Kong, returned shortly after take-off due to a suspected technical issue. The same day, an Air India Express flight from Delhi to Ranchi was diverted back to the national capital due to a suspected snag.AI-171 CRASH INQUIRYadvertisementThe string of developments come days after Air India flight AI-171, en route to London's Gatwick Airport, crashed into the BJ Medical College hostel building in Ahmedabad within seconds of take-off.All but one of the 242 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 787-8 and another 29 people, including five MBBS students, on the ground were killed.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), which is leading the inquiry, has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) as well as the flight data recorder (FDR), a vital development in uncovering what caused the deadly accident. The CVR and FDR collectively form what is known as the "black box" of a plane.An aviation expert has suggested dual engine failure as a possible cause of the crash. Former US Navy pilot Captain Steve Scheibner told India Today that the deployment of the ram air turbine (RAT) shortly after takeoff pointed to a dual engine failure.Tune InMust Watch
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