Mid air scare: Mumbai bound Air India flight returns to Delhi after 'one engine shutdown'

NEW DELHI: An Air India Boeing 777 returned safely to Delhi connected Monday greeting aft 1 motor (right side) shutdown soon aft instrumentality off. Since duplicate motor craft tin onshore safely connected 1 engine, VT-ALS returned to Delhi.

The craft had taken disconnected arsenic AI 887 for Mumbai astatine 6.10 americium and was backmost astir 6.52 am, per formation tracing sites.An AI spokesperson said: “The unit operating formation AI 887 from Delhi to Mumbai connected December 22 decided to instrumentality to Delhi soon aft take-off owed to a method contented arsenic per modular operating procedure. The craft landed safely astatine Delhi and the passengers and unit person disembarked. Air India sincerely regrets inconvenience caused owed to this unforeseen situation.

The craft is undergoing the indispensable checks.

Our crushed squad astatine Delhi is providing contiguous assistance to the passengers and alternate arrangements person been made to alert them to their destination shortly. At Air India, the information and wellbeing of our passengers and unit stay apical priority.”