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Thai Airways Airbus Emergency Landing in Kolkata


Pictured: A Thai Airways International Airbus A330-321 over Bangkok
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Contact photographer Amorn PonJaroen

What: Thai Airways Airbus A330-300 TG-318 en route from Mumbai to Bangkok
Where: NSC Bose International Airport Kolkata
When: Mar 25 2010
Who: 238 passengers and 11 crew
Why: When the pilot detected a problem in the fuel dispenser affecting the rate of flow of fuel to the engine, he requested to make an emergency landing in Kolkata.

Ten technicians were flown in to provide maintenance on the plane.

Passengers were provided accommodations (hotel or international lounge), and later booked on a Kolkata-Bangkok flight.

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