Bangkok-Delhi Air India flight lands in Kolkata post-fuel leak
TNN | Updated: Jan 7, 2019, 05:27 IST
Representative imageNEW DELHI: Air India’s Bangkok-Delhi flight of Saturday night with about 150 people on board had to make an emergency landing in Kolkata reportedly due to fuel leakage from the right wing. The flight, AI 335 operated on an Airbus A320 (VT-EXV), landed safely in Kolkata at 10:30pm Saturday. The aircraft is learnt to have stopped on the taxiway and then was taxied to the terminal.
The flight took off from Bangkok just after its schedule time of 9.30 pm Saturday for the 4-hour-10-minute flight to Delhi.
After flying for about half that time and on entering the Indian airspace, the technical problem was detected in the aircraft. The pilots then decided to land in Kolkata.
An Air India spokesman said: “Delhi-Kolkata AI-22, which landed in Kolkata at 11.30pm flew back the passengers of Bangkok-Delhi at 1:30am from Kolkata. The aircraft (VT-EXV) will return as ferry flight (without passengers) to Delhi."
The flight took off from Bangkok just after its schedule time of 9.30 pm Saturday for the 4-hour-10-minute flight to Delhi.
After flying for about half that time and on entering the Indian airspace, the technical problem was detected in the aircraft. The pilots then decided to land in Kolkata.
An Air India spokesman said: “Delhi-Kolkata AI-22, which landed in Kolkata at 11.30pm flew back the passengers of Bangkok-Delhi at 1:30am from Kolkata. The aircraft (VT-EXV) will return as ferry flight (without passengers) to Delhi."
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