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Caution Air India: Hydraulic Leak


Pictured: An Air India Airbus A320-214
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Contact photographer Olivier Mouhot

What: Air India Airbus A320-200 en route from Kozhikode to Dubai (or from Calicut to Sharjah depending on who you ask.)
Where: Mumbai
When: May 28th 2010
Who: 84 passengers and 8 crew
Why: While en route, the flight developed hydraulic failure and had to divert to Mumbai where they made a safe landing. A replacement jet was provided, for which passengers waited for three and a half hours. The diversion is considered cautionary and not “emergency.”

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