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Door Locks Out Air India Captain
On May 13/14, 2013 the cockpit door of one of Air India’s planes locked the captain out while he was using the toilet. The co-pilot and trainee pilot had to land the plane in Bhopal for ground maintenance engineers to fix the problem. On May 13, the flight took off from Delhi for Bangalore.... »
Emergency landings in Bhubaneshwar
On May 12, 2013, during turbulent weather, three flights made emergency landings at Biju Patnaik Airport. Two Indigo flights from Raipur to Kolkata and Bangalore to Kolkata made emergency landings, as well as an Air India flight from Agartala to Kolkata. No serious injuries were sustained, but several crew members and passengers were affected... »
Air India Boeing Strikes Jet Blue
At 6:15 near terminal floor an Air India Boeing had landed at Kennedy Airport and was en route to the gate when it struck a Jet blue Airbus with 140 passengers aboard. The plane was damaged in the tail but no passengers were injured. They were transferred to another flight. There were no injuries... »
Air India Emergency Diversion to Kozhikode
What: Air India Airbus A321 en route from Kozhikode in Kerala to Sharjah Where: Kozhikode Who: 168 passengers Why: The pilot of an Air India flight alerted Kozhikode Air traffic control that there was a problem with the plane, and diverted back to Kozhikode shortly after takeoff. The air conditioning inside the plane was... »
Air India Flight Makes Emergency Landing
What: Air India Boeing 747 en route from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Where: NSC Bose International Airport When: 10:45 pm Who: 400 aboard Why: The flight was en route from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia when a fire alarm went off, due, apparently, to a technical issue. The pilots made an emergency landing at NSC Bose International... »
Air India takes Dreamliner Delivery
Although the National Transportation Safety Board issued recommendations on General Electric GEnx engines, which power the latest generation of Boeing aircraft, on September 18, Air India has flown from Charleston to Frankfort to India with its second Dreamliner. (See the letter here) Air India ordered 27 787s six years ago and has only taken... »
Air India Turbulence Response under Investigation by Directorate General of Civil Aviation
What: Air India’s A330 en route from Delta to Shanghai Where: Shanghai When: July 5, 2012 Who: 60 passengers, 11 crew Why: After 2 crew and 18 passengers were injured by turbulence, the flight crew Captain S.P. Suri and first officer Captain Rajesh Mulchandani, were suspended. Rather than diverting to the nearest airport, Kolkata,... »
Air India Emergency Landing in Pakistan
What: Air India Airbus A-319 en route from Abu Dhabi to New Delhi Where: Nawabshah 3:37 a.m. When: July 9, 2012 Who: 122 passengers and six crew Why: While en route, the flight developed problems with three hydraulic systems. The crew diverted to Nawabshah Pakistan. According to news reports, “The captain preferred to keep... »
Air India Pilot Lands Safely Minus Nose Wheel
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer Frank-Thomas Klütsch What: Air India Avion de Transport Regional ATR-42-300 en route from Silchar to Guwahati Where: Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoli International Airport in Guwahati When: Jun 10th 2012 Who: 48 passengers, 4 crew Why: On takeoff from Silchar, the (left) nose wheel detached. The... »
Air India Boeing Makes Unscheduled Bucharest Stop
Click to view full size photo at Airliners.net Contact photographer JangSu Lee – What: Air India Boeing 777 en route from Frankfurt to Chicago Where: Bucharest When: May 12, 2012 10:25 Who: 303 passengers and 17 crew Why: The flight was en route over Romania when a door warning went off, alerting the pilot... »
