Mumbai-Bound Air India Flight Returns To Delhi Airport Minutes After Take Off Due To Engine Glitch

New Delhi: A Mumbai-bound Air India flight AI887 returned to the Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport minutes after take-off due to a technical issue. The Delhi–Mumbai flight made an emergency landing according to standard operating procedure.

As per an Air India spokesperson, the aircraft (Boeing 777) landed safely at Delhi, and the passengers and crew disembarked. The Boeing 777 suffered a right-side engine issue soon after take-off, reported The Times of India. Some reports even claimed that the oil pressure dropped significantly due to which it had to return to the Delhi Airport.

The Boeing 777 suffered a right-side engine issue soon after take-off, reported The Times of India. Some reports even claimed that the oil pressure dropped significantly due to which it had to return to the Delhi Airport.

The aircraft reportedly took off at 6.10 am and returned to the airport at 6.52 am. The aircraft is currently undergoing necessary checks.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation has taken note of the Air India flight AI-887 incident involving a technical issue shortly after take-off. . The Ministry has sought a detailed report from Air India, and DGCA has been directed to conduct a thorough investigation.

As per the report, the airline arranged another B777 (VT-ALP) for passengers and even provided refreshments for them.

On Sunday, over 100 flights were cancelled from the Delhi Airport due to dense fog conditions in the national capital. Meanwhile, more than 400 flights were also delayed at the airport.

Over the past few days, most parts of the nothern and northwestern regions of the country are witnessing dense fog condition.

"Dense to very dense fog conditions during night/morning hours very likely in some parts of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana till morning hours of 21st; in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana during 25th-27," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had said in its press statement on Sunday.

On Friday also, an Air India flight travelling from Mumbai to Varanasi was forced to make an emergency diversion to Bhubaneswar after deteriorating weather conditions made landing at the destination airport unsafe. The aircraft landed at Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) as a precautionary measure, airline officials confirmed.