Over 100 flyers stuck in Phuket for more than 80 hours, Air India responds
4 months, 1 week ago

Over 100 flyers stuck in Phuket for more than 80 hours, Air India responds

India Today  

Over 100 passengers of an Air India flight bound for New Delhi were stranded in Phuket, Thailand, for more than 80 hours due to repeated technical issues with the aircraft. The flight, originally scheduled to depart on the night of November 16, was delayed by six hours following a technical fault, according to Air India. Many passengers tagged Air India on X, sharing their plight and demanding answers but claim they received little to no meaningful response. Another flyer called the Air India flight "life-threatening".

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Singapore-bound Air India flight suffers mid-air technical snag, returns back to Chennai
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Singapore-bound Air India flight suffers mid-air technical snag, returns back to Chennai

India TV News  

A Singapore-bound Air India flight made an emergency return to Chennai, its departure city, after pilots detected a technical snag mid-air on Friday. An Air India official said the flight AI 346 from Chennai to Singapore returned due to the suspected technical issue. Delhi-bound flight makes emergency landing Earlier on January 5, a Delhi-bound Air India flight also made an …

Delhi-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing after engine glitch
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing after engine glitch

India Today  

A Delhi-bound Air India flight made an emergency landing on Sunday after one of its engines shut down midair, according to airport sources. Flight 2820 took off from Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru at around 7 pm but returned an hour later after circling the city. We don't have the technical details, but the flight made an emergency landing," PTI …

Airline issues apology after 100 passengers stranded in Phuket for over 80 hours
4 months, 1 week ago

Airline issues apology after 100 passengers stranded in Phuket for over 80 hours

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nearly 100 passengers of an Air India flight to Delhi were stranded in Phuket, Thailand, for …

Over 100 Air India passengers stranded in Thailand's Phuket for over 80 hours due to technical faults
4 months, 1 week ago

Over 100 Air India passengers stranded in Thailand's Phuket for over 80 hours due to technical faults

Firstpost  

More than 100 passengers on an Air India flight to New Delhi have been stranded in Thailand’s Phuket for over 80 hours due to multiple delays caused by technical issues, according to a report, citing several social media posts from passengers More than 100 passengers on an Air India flight to New Delhi have been stranded in Thailand’s Phuket for …

Over 100 Passengers Stranded In Phuket After Air India Flight Delayed For 80 Hours, Airline Responds
4 months, 1 week ago

Over 100 Passengers Stranded In Phuket After Air India Flight Delayed For 80 Hours, Airline Responds

ABP News  

Over 100 passengers on Air India's New Delhi-bound flight were left stranded in Thailand's Phuket for nearly 80 hours following several delays, which were reportedly caused due to technical faults, according to multiple posts shared by passengers on social media. According to the stranded passengers, the Air India flight AI377 was set to take off for Delhi from Phuket International …

Over 100 Air India passengers stuck in Phuket since Nov 16, airline ’sincerely regrets inconvenience’
4 months, 1 week ago

Over 100 Air India passengers stuck in Phuket since Nov 16, airline ’sincerely regrets inconvenience’

Live Mint  

More than 100 Air India passengers have been stuck in Phuket for over 80 hours since November 16 due to repeated delays caused by technical faults in the aircraft, several passengers posted on X. The Air India flight, scheduled to take off from Phuket to Delhi at 5:50 pm on November 16, faced initial delays before being cancelled altogether, leaving …

Air India passengers stuck in Jaipur due to flight diversion sent to Delhi on bus
4 months, 1 week ago

Air India passengers stuck in Jaipur due to flight diversion sent to Delhi on bus

India Today  

Chaos erupted at Jaipur airport on Monday after the pilot of an Air India flight, which was diverted to Jaipur due to poor visibility in Delhi, refused to fly the plane citing completion of duty hours. However, after completing his duty hours, the pilot refused to continue the journey to Delhi, leaving passengers stranded for nearly nine hours. However, the …

Amid uproar, Air India informs it will fly back remaining 30 passengers of cancelled Phuket-Delhi flight at earliest
4 months, 1 week ago

Amid uproar, Air India informs it will fly back remaining 30 passengers of cancelled Phuket-Delhi flight at earliest

New Indian Express  

Air India has informed that it will fly back at the earliest around 30 remaining passengers who were among those stranded in Phuket for last three days after the flight from the Thailand city to Delhi was cancelled due to a technical issue, according to sources. Over 100 passengers of a New Delhi-bound Air India flight have been stranded in …

First delayed, then scheduled and ultimately cancelled: Air India fliers' horrid tale
4 months, 1 week ago

First delayed, then scheduled and ultimately cancelled: Air India fliers' horrid tale

India TV News  

An Air India flight with over 100 New Delhi-bound passengers have been stranded in Thailand's Phuket for over 80 hours now after several delays due to technical faults, according to multiple reports. Passengers of the Air India airlines were upset at the airport after AI377 which was to come from Phuket to Delhi on November 16. The passengers alleged that …

Air India Passengers Sweat It Out After Flight Delay, AC Defect
10 months ago

Air India Passengers Sweat It Out After Flight Delay, AC Defect

Deccan Chronicle  

Air India's AI 183 flight was supposed to depart from Delhi at 3.20 pm on Thursday to San Francisco. Passengers expressed concern on social media stating a few of them fell ill due to suffocation. In response to the social media posts of customers, Air India responded, “The flight was delayed due to unforeseen reasons and we are sorry for …

From HT Archives: Air India plane crashes in botched assassination bid
1 year, 11 months ago

From HT Archives: Air India plane crashes in botched assassination bid

Hindustan Times  

A chartered Air India International flight crashed in the sea north of Sarawak in the South China Sea on April 11, 1955, claiming the lives of 11 passengers bound for the Asian-African Conference at Bandung in Jakarta. The Lockheed Constellation aircraft, called Kashmir Princess, was expected to carry Chinese premier Zhou Enlai to the conference, and subsequent investigations, including by …

London-bound Air India flight returns to Delhi after passenger hits cabin crew
1 year, 11 months ago

London-bound Air India flight returns to Delhi after passenger hits cabin crew

Hindustan Times  

An unruly male passenger hit a female member of the Air India crew and pulled another by her hair on a London-bound flight, forcing it to return to Delhi around 15 minutes after take-off on Monday morning. In a statement, Air India said the passenger did not heed verbal and written warnings and continued with unruly behaviour, including physical harm …

Air India, Nepal Airlines flights narrowly avert mid-air collision
2 years ago

Air India, Nepal Airlines flights narrowly avert mid-air collision

Live Mint  

A mid-air accident was narrowly averted on Friday as Air India and Nepal Airlines flights came dangerously close while travelling to Kathmandu. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has since suspended two employees of the air traffic controller department for "carelessness". The incident took place on Friday morning as the Air India flight travelled from New Delhi to Kathmandu. The …

Air India and Nepal Airlines aircraft almost collided mid-air; 3 officers suspended
2 years ago

Air India and Nepal Airlines aircraft almost collided mid-air; 3 officers suspended

Deccan Chronicle  

Kathmandu: A major tragedy was averted on Friday when an Air India and a Nepal Airlines aircraft came close to collision mid-air but the warning systems alerted the pilots whose timely action prevented the disaster, authorities said here on Sunday. The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has suspended three employees of the air traffic controller department for "carelessness", according to …

Phuket-bound IndiGo Flight Returns to Delhi Soon After Take-off Due to Technical Glitch
2 years, 2 months ago

Phuket-bound IndiGo Flight Returns to Delhi Soon After Take-off Due to Technical Glitch

News 18  

A Thailand-bound IndiGo flight returned to the Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport soon after taking off for Phuket due to a technical glitch on Tuesday, official said. The IndiGo flight – 6E-1763 – was scheduled for took off from Delhi for Thailand’s Phuket at 6:41 am but returned to the bay at around 7:31 am after the aircraft reported a …

2 AirAsia Planes Heading from Delhi to Srinagar Face Technical Snags Mid-air; Return
2 years, 9 months ago

2 AirAsia Planes Heading from Delhi to Srinagar Face Technical Snags Mid-air; Return

News 18  

AirAsia India's two A320 aircraft, which were heading from Delhi to Srinagar, returned to national capital as they faced technical snags mid-air within a span of approximately six hours on Saturday. The Delhi-Srinagar flight I5-712, which was being operated on A320 aircraft with registration number VT-APJ, took off from the Delhi airport at around 11.55 AM, a passenger who was …

Assam | Air India flight makes emergency landing after wheel malfunctions
3 years, 4 months ago

Assam | Air India flight makes emergency landing after wheel malfunctions

India Today  

An Air India flight that took off from Assam's Silchar on Wednesday had to make an emergency landing after one of its landing gears malfunctioned. The Airbus A319 is a short- to medium-range commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliner capable of carrying 124 to 156 flyers. Earlier on October 22, a Delhi-bound Vistara flight was diverted to Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International …

Air India flight brings 129 people from Kabul
3 years, 7 months ago

Air India flight brings 129 people from Kabul

The Hindu  

The situation in Kabul is “extremely fluid and unpredictable,” said officials here on Sunday as Air India operated a commercial flight that evacuated 129 passengers. Air India sources informed that a similar flight will leave for Kabul on Monday morning to continue the process of evacuation of the Indian nationals stuck in the Afghan capital which at present is facing …

No wide body planes till end of monsoon in Kozhikode
4 years, 7 months ago

No wide body planes till end of monsoon in Kozhikode

Live Mint  

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has temporarily banned wide-body aircraft operations at the Kozhikode airport, days after an Air India Express jetliner crashed after skidding off the runway amid adverse weather conditions. The crash of the Air India Express flight in Kozhikode airport on Friday night has killed 18 people. Air India Ltd, the parent of Air India Express, …

Kozhikode plane crash: Cricket fraternity expresses shock and grief
4 years, 7 months ago

Kozhikode plane crash: Cricket fraternity expresses shock and grief

India TV News  

Kozhikode plane crash: Cricket fraternity expresses shock and grief The Air India Express aircraft -- carrying 190 persons, including six crew members -- flying in from Dubai, skidded off the runway while landing in Kozhikode on Friday evening and plunged into the deep valley below. Cricket fraternity has expressed shock and offered condolences after an Air India Express plane skidded …

Air India plane crash: What happened during the final moments
4 years, 7 months ago

Air India plane crash: What happened during the final moments

India TV News  

It was around 7.40 p.m. when a devastating plane crash shook Kerala's Kozhikode on Friday. There were a total of 174 adults, 10 infants and six crew members onboard the Dubai-Calicut Air IndiaExpress flight. The Boeing 737 jet, on a Vande Bharat mission as flight AIX 1344 from Dubai, was bringing in Indians who were stranded abroad due to the …

Air India Flight Crashed In Kozhikode Was Flying Under Vande Bharat Mission; Helpline Numbers Released
4 years, 7 months ago

Air India Flight Crashed In Kozhikode Was Flying Under Vande Bharat Mission; Helpline Numbers Released

ABP News  

Air India Express Flight With 180 Onboard From Dubai Skids Off Runway In Kozhikode, Both Pilots Dead We are deeply saddened by the tragedy of Air India Express Flight No IX 1344 at Kozhikode. ?+91 11 23017905 Fax: +91 11 23018158 Email: covid19@mea.gov.in — Anurag Srivastava August 7, 2020 Air India Express Flight No IX 1344 from Dubai to Calicut …

At Least 16 Dead, Dozens Injured After Air India Plane Skids Off Runway
4 years, 7 months ago

At Least 16 Dead, Dozens Injured After Air India Plane Skids Off Runway

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NEW DELHI — A special evacuation flight bringing people home to India who had been trapped abroad because of the coronavirus skidded off a runway and split in two while landing Friday in heavy rain in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 passengers and injuring 123 more, police said. Abdul Karim, a senior Kerala …

Pilot and co-pilot of Air India flight IX1344 killed as plane overshoots runway in Kerala
4 years, 7 months ago

Pilot and co-pilot of Air India flight IX1344 killed as plane overshoots runway in Kerala

India TV News  

An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board from Dubai skidded off the runway while landing at Kerala's Kozhikode on Friday. "Air india Express AXB1344, B737 Dubai to Calicut, person on board 191, visibility 2000 meter, heavy rain, after landing Runway 10, continue running to end of runway and fall down in the valley and broke down in …

Air India plane crash: Death toll rises to 17, rescue operation completed | As it happened
4 years, 7 months ago

Air India plane crash: Death toll rises to 17, rescue operation completed | As it happened

India TV News  

Air India Express plane crash: Air India plane crashed at Karipur Airport in Kozhikode on Friday. 11:45 pm - Death toll rises to 16 11:30 pm: 14 people lost lives in the mishap, says Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja. 9:57 pm - "Locals have rushed to the crash site with their vehicles to volunteer in rescue work," Kerala Governor Arif …

Kerala: Air India flight with 190 onboard skids off runway in Kozhikode, both pilots among 18 dead
4 years, 7 months ago

Kerala: Air India flight with 190 onboard skids off runway in Kozhikode, both pilots among 18 dead

India Today  

A flight skidded off the runway at the Kozhikode International airport in Kerala, also known as the Karipur airport on Friday evening. The Air India Express plane overshot the runway at Kozhikode International Airport in Kerala around 7.41 pm on Friday. Visuals from Kozhikode airport The Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued a statement soon after the incident saying, "Air …

Passenger on Delhi-Ludhiana Air India flight tests positive for coronavirus, 40 others quarantined
4 years, 10 months ago

Passenger on Delhi-Ludhiana Air India flight tests positive for coronavirus, 40 others quarantined

India Today  

One passenger on Air India Delhi-Ludhiana flight on Tuesday has tested positive for coronavirus. Air India has said a total of 36 passengers on the flight along with 4 crew members have been put in institutional quarantine following the Punjab government rules. 36 passengers and 4 crew under institutional quarantine as per Punjab government rules.” The passenger flew on AI …

Air India to charge commercial fares for stranded Indians
4 years, 10 months ago

Air India to charge commercial fares for stranded Indians

The Hindu  

Indian citizens, returning from the Gulf and Southeast Asian countries in the first batch of evacuation flights beginning May 7, will be charged commercial fares of upto ₹100,000 per ticket. As it is Air India is surviving on a government subsidy of ₹500 crore to ₹600 crore per month and most private airlines are hand-to-mouth and are loss making.” He …

Air India pilots notice man, jeep on runway; makes emergency take-off
5 years, 1 month ago

Air India pilots notice man, jeep on runway; makes emergency take-off

India TV News  

An Air India plane had to take off at a slower speed than usual after the pilots discovered a jeep and a man on the runway. The incident occurred when the plane was speeding up to take off but the pilots witnessed a man and a jeep on the runway. Though the plane had not attained the required speed to …

Apocalypse: Air India pilot who planned Wuhan evacuation describes flying into coronavirus-hit city
5 years, 1 month ago

Apocalypse: Air India pilot who planned Wuhan evacuation describes flying into coronavirus-hit city

India Today  

Deathly silence with no radio chatter. The man who planned and led the operation to rescue the Indians from Wuhan was Captain Amitabh Singh, a senior pilot who is Air India's director of operations. "Fortunately, since Air India has always been involved in a lot of evacuations we have a team that is always ready and we just had to …

Coronavirus in India: Kerala reports second confirmed case; Army, ITBP set up special quarantine facilities as Air India evacuates 647 Indians from Wuhan
5 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus in India: Kerala reports second confirmed case; Army, ITBP set up special quarantine facilities as Air India evacuates 647 Indians from Wuhan

Firstpost  

A second confirmed coronavirus case was reported in Kerala, even as Air India evacuated 323 Indians from Wuhan in China in its second special flight, which landed at Delhi airport on Sunday A second confirmed case of coronavirus was reported from Kerala on Sunday, the Union Health Ministry said three days after the first patient showing symptoms of the novel …

Coronavirus outbreak: Air India flight evacuating 324 Indians from China's Wuhan lands in Delhi
5 years, 1 month ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Air India flight evacuating 324 Indians from China's Wuhan lands in Delhi

India Today  

Air India's jumbo B747 plane, evacuating 324 Indian nationals from the novel coronavirus-hit Wuhan in China, landed here on Saturday morning, officials said. There were five doctors from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and one paramedical staff on board, said an Air India spokesperson. On Friday evening, the Air India spokesperson had stated that another special flight may take off from …

155 flights delayed as Air India's check-in software shuts down for more than five hours
5 years, 11 months ago

155 flights delayed as Air India's check-in software shuts down for more than five hours

India TV News  

Thousands of Air India passengers had a harrowing time at airports across the world on Saturday as its 155 flights were delayed due to the shutdown of its check-in software for more than five hours due to a technical snag. The passengers who will miss their flights will be given hotel accommodations or they will be rescheduled in a different …

Technical glitch in Air India's Dubai bound flight forces 150 passengers to wait for 10 hours at Mumbai airport
6 years, 7 months ago

Technical glitch in Air India's Dubai bound flight forces 150 passengers to wait for 10 hours at Mumbai airport

India TV News  

As many as 150 passengers were left stranded at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport for ten hours as their Dubai bound Air India flight didn't take off due to technical glitches. The AI 983 flight was scheduled to take off at 8 pm yesterday, but couldn't take off, due to which passengers were forced to wait at the airport for …

Air India passengers left stranded as cabin crew delay flights for hours
8 years, 8 months ago

Air India passengers left stranded as cabin crew delay flights for hours

India TV News  

New Delhi: Late-running flight crews have caused hours of delay at the Delhi Airport, with passengers on Yangon-bound Air India flight waiting for more than an hour for the aircraft to take off due to non availability of the crew. According to Air India, the flight got delayed by almost two hours. “After almost an hour, when crew members couldn’t …

Air India offloads 70-year-old woman on wheel chair due to ‘overbooking’
8 years, 10 months ago

Air India offloads 70-year-old woman on wheel chair due to ‘overbooking’

India TV News  

Mumbai: In the latest incident of showing apathy towards differently-abled people, India’s flag carrier airline Air India did not allow a 70-year-old woman passenger on wheel chair to board the flight to New York from Mumbai via Delhi. The woman was later flown on the airline’s Delhi-London Heathrow flight to provide her a connecting flight for her destination, New York …

Air India flight delayed due to fight between cabin crew members
9 years ago

Air India flight delayed due to fight between cabin crew members

India TV News  

Kerala: A Thiruvananthapuram-bound Air India flight from here carrying 158 passengers including some Members of Parliament and bureaucrats onboard was delayed by two hours after a fight broke out between two cabin crew members inside the cabin. Taking a serious note of the incident, Air India has suspended the crew members, pending enquiry, the airline said. "We have suspended the …

Air India flight makes emergency landing, all aboard safe | India TV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Air India flight makes emergency landing, all aboard safe | India TV News

India TV News  

New Delhi: An Air India flight with around 150 passengers and crew on board made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Friday. According to airport sources, the incident involving Air India flight AI-410 from Patna occurred around 11.00 a.m. The source said that after detecting a technical snag the pilot requested the air traffic control for …

Probe on if Air India ferried more passengers in flights from Yemen
9 years, 11 months ago

Probe on if Air India ferried more passengers in flights from Yemen

Firstpost  

The issue relates to the national carrier airlifting some additional passengers on three of its flights on the last day of evacuation than the permitted capacity of the aircraft. New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA is looking into the issue of Air India having ferried “more” passengers than the “allowed” capacity on some flights while evacuating stranded Indian nationals from the …

Mumbai bound Air India flight from Bangkok makes emergency landing
10 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai bound Air India flight from Bangkok makes emergency landing

India TV News  

Kolkata: An Air India flight en route to Mumbai from Bangkok made an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here last evening, after the pilot reported an on-board medical emergency, airport sources said. The pilot first contacted the Air Traffic Control shortly after 9 PM and informed that a passenger had fallen sick and he would …

Over 400 India-bound passengers stranded in Saudi Arabia
10 years, 10 months ago

Over 400 India-bound passengers stranded in Saudi Arabia

India TV News  

Riyadh: Over 400 India-bound passengers were stranded for many hours at a Saudi Arabian airport since early Wednesday morning as an Air India flight could not take off due to a technical glitch, a news report said. Air India Flight AI962 was scheduled to leave the Saudi port city of Jeddah for Kozhikode in the south Indian state of Kerala …

Chaos at airports as strike grounds more flights
12 years, 10 months ago

Chaos at airports as strike grounds more flights

The Hindu  

Chaos reigned supreme at major airports in the country on Thursday as the state-owned Air India, hit by an agitation by pilots, and private carrier Kingfisher cancelled many of their flights, leaving passengers a hassled lot. On the third day of their strike, nearly 200 pilots, owing allegiance to the Indian Pilots Guild refused to join duty, Air India cancelled …

Woes for hundreds of Air India passengers, several international flights cancelled
12 years, 10 months ago

Woes for hundreds of Air India passengers, several international flights cancelled

India TV News  

New Delhi/Mumbai/Amritsar, May 9: Hundreds of passengers in several airports across the country bound for foreign trips faced woes as Air India cancelled its international flights after a section of pilots went on a flash strike since Monday. More than 150 pilots have not reported for duty since Monday, throwing the entire international flight schedule haywire.Outbound passengers in Delhi, Kerala, …

Air India Passengers Stranded Inside Plane For 8 Hours In London
13 years, 5 months ago

Air India Passengers Stranded Inside Plane For 8 Hours In London

India TV News  

London, Oct 16: Nearly 110 passengers on an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London were stranded for eight hours inside the aircraft at Gatwick Airport today after the plane was diverted from nearby Heathrow airport due to fog. Irate passengers complained of lack of attention as the aircraft stood on the tarmac and were upset why they were not …

Air India To Operate Only 40 Flights Today
13 years, 10 months ago

Air India To Operate Only 40 Flights Today

India TV News  

New Delhi, May 1 : As the strike by Air India pilots entered the fifth day today, the national carrier reduced its operation to 40 flights across its network against the regular 165.“We are continuing with our contingency plans and will be operating 40 domestic flights across the country today. We will be utilising Boeing 737 aircraft of our subsidiary …

Air India Serves Ultimatum To Striking Pilots
13 years, 11 months ago

Air India Serves Ultimatum To Striking Pilots

India TV News  

New Delhi, Apr 29: With the Air India pilots' stir entering its third day affecting thousands of travellers, the airline today issued an "ultimatum" to its pilots asking them to resume work by this evening even as the Delhi High Court refused to stay a management order derecognising their union. In another development, the Delhi High Court refused to stay …

AI brings back 1,600 Indians from Japan
14 years ago

AI brings back 1,600 Indians from Japan

The Hindu  

With 337 more persons reaching India on Friday, Air India has brought more than 1,600 Indians back from the quake-hit Japan. Since March 12, the airline has brought back 1,637 passengers, mostly Indians, from Japan,” an Air India official said. Air India has deployed Boeing 747-400 aircraft on the Delhi-Tokyo route, instead of the regular Boeing 777-300, to accommodate more …

88 killed, 42 survive in Phuket crash-英语点津
17 years, 6 months ago

88 killed, 42 survive in Phuket crash-英语点津

China Daily  

88 killed, 42 survive in Phuket crash Download A budget airliner crashed on the Thai resort island of Phuket yesterday, killing 88 people as it broke up and burst into flames while trying to land in driving rain, a senior official said. Forty two people were injured, Phuket deputy governor Vorapot Rajsima told a news conference, and a hospital official …

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