Air India will suspend its non-stop Delhi–Washington, D.C. flights from September 1, 2025, due to fleet retrofitting, airspace issues, and operational challenges. Passengers will be offered rebooking or refunds.
Air India flight bound to London was forced to abort takeoff after the aircraft faced technical issues. AI Flight AI2017 was scheduled to depart from Delhi to London on Thursday (31 July).
A Kolkata-bound Air India plane aborted takeoff at the Delhi airport after a technical snag was detected while the aircraft was accelerating on the runway at 155 km per hour, as per a report.
The flight was coming to Mumbai from Kerala's Kochi. According to preliminary reports, the aircraft veered off the runway shortly after touchdown due to poor weather conditions.
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has appointed veteran pilot and former Air India Director of Operations, Captain R.S. Sandhu, as a domain expert in the ongoing probe into the tragic Air India Boeing 787-8 crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people last month.
Air India is set to partially restore its international flight schedule that was temporarily reduced for “safety checks” following the tragic accident of Air India’s London-bound flight 171 from Ahmedabad on June 12.
Air India, the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines-owned carrier, has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, starting with the deadly crash in Ahmedabad on 12 June.
In a significant step aimed at tightening aviation safety oversight, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has instructed Air India to relieve three officials, including a divisional vice president, from all duties related to crew scheduling and rostering.
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