Sunday, January 25, 2015

Air India’s London-Mumbai Dreamliner flight diverted after engine malfunction

Mumbai: The 225 passengers of Air India’s Mumbai-bound flight from London, which was diverted to Budapest after an engine malfunction, returned  after a delay of over 13 hours.

The national carrier’s London-Mumbai flight AI-130 departs from Heathrow airport at 1330 hours (local time) and arrives at the airport here at 0400 hours on Friday.

The flight AI-130-D arrived here from Liszt Ferenc International Airport, Budapest at 1702 hours with all 225 passengers, an Air India spokesperson said.

The London flight, which took off from Heathrow Airport at its scheduled time of 1330 hours (1900 hours Indian time) was diverted to the Hungarian capital after one of the aircraft’s engine reported a malfunction.

The plane, a Boeing 787-800 with all the passengers on board, however, landed safely at the Budapest airport at 1752 hours (local time), the airline had said.
24/01/15 Financial Express
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