{"id":30258,"date":"2023-04-10T14:14:03","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:44:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=30258"},"modified":"2023-04-10T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T08:44:07","slug":"air-india-delhi-san-francisco-flight-experiences-technical-issue-airline-replaces-aircrat-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/10\/air-india-delhi-san-francisco-flight-experiences-technical-issue-airline-replaces-aircrat-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Air India Delhi-San Francisco Flight Experiences Technical Issue, Airline Replaces Aircrat | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Air India Delhi-San Francisco Flight, flight AI173<\/strong> scheduled to fly from Delhi to San Francisco experienced a technical problem before takeoff<\/strong> and returned to the airport on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air India Delhi-San Francisco flight suffers tech issue before take off | Image credits to owner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The plane was replaced<\/strong>, and the flight took off for San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the sources, there were slightly more than 200 passengers on board.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to a technical issue, the plane pushed back and returned to the stand before takeoff. The passengers were later accommodated in another aircraft.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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AI 173 | Photo: Flightradar24<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Air India Delhi to London Flight Returned Midway<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tata-owned Air India (AI) flight AI-111 from Delhi to London was forced to return to the origin airport after takeoff. Due to an \u201cunruly<\/em><\/strong>\u201d passenger who allegedly had an altercation with the flight crew mid-flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India Today sources have reported that a passenger on board Air India\u2019s Delhi-London flight became fierce and hit two cabin crew members in mid-air, leading to the flight\u2019s return to Delhi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The incident occurred shortly after take-off from Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). <\/strong>Furthermore, the flight with 255 passengers on board landed back in Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Delhi Airport Police have received a complaint against the passenger, which is currently being held at the Delhi Airport police station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Flight Radar 24, Air India operated the Boeing 787 for AI111. The aircraft has the registration VT-ANE. Furthermore, the flight takeoff from Delhi Int\u2019l Airport (DEL) at 6:52 AM. However, the pilot has to make a comeback amid rude passenger behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft landed back at Delhi Airport at 11:30 AM and is being rescheduled. However, the unruly passenger deboarded, and FIR was loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indian airline regularly operates the DEL-LHR AI111, but such incidents are unpredictable. The return of the flight led to confusion and delays for other passengers, also losses for airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Air India Spokesperson, in a statement, said, \u201cAir India flight Al 111, scheduled to operate Delhi-London Heathrow on April 10, 2023, returned to Delhi shortly after departure due to the serious unruly behavior of a passenger on board.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Air India Boeing 787, Delhi to London Flight Returned Midway | Image credits to owner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNot heeding verbal and written warnings, the passenger continued with unruly behavior, including causing physical harm to two of the cabin crew members. The pilot in command decided to return to Delhi, and the passenger was handed over to the security personnel upon landing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAn FIR has also been lodged with the police. Safety, security, and dignity of all on board are important to us at Air India. We are providing all possible support to the affected crew members. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers and have rescheduled the flight to depart for London this afternoon.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Air India flight AI173 scheduled to fly from Delhi to San Francisco experienced a technical problem before takeoff and returned to the airport on Monday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7215,7216,7217,7218,6761],"tags":[82,392,393,7965,2582,115,81],"class_list":{"0":"post-30258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-airline-news","8":"category-aviation-news","9":"category-indian-aviation-news","10":"category-international-aviation-news","11":"category-news","12":"tag-air-india","13":"tag-airlines-news","14":"tag-aviation-news","15":"tag-delhi-san-francisco-flight","16":"tag-flight-delay","17":"tag-india","18":"tag-latest-aviation-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30263,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30258\/revisions\/30263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}