Air India has cancelled 8 flights on Friday. These include 4 international and 4 domestic flights. Air India said that these flights have been cancelled due to maintenance and operational reasons at the airport.
Among domestic flights, flight AI874 from Pune to Delhi, flight AI456 from Ahmedabad to Delhi, flight AI2872 from Hyderabad to Mumbai and flight AI571 from Chennai to Mumbai have been cancelled.
On the other hand, international flights include flight AI906 from Dubai to Chennai, flight AI308 from Delhi to Melbourne, flight AI309 from Melbourne to Delhi and flight AI2204 from Dubai to Hyderabad.
84 flights cancelled in 9 days
In this way, 84 flights have been cancelled in 9 days after the Ahmedabad plane crash due to various reasons. 270 people died in the plane crash on June 12. After this, operational checking of aircraft has been tightened at every airport.
4 Air India flights were cancelled on 19 June
Air India flight AI388 (Airbus A320 Neo aircraft) going from Delhi to Vietnam was called back to Delhi mid-way. There were 130 passengers on the flight. A technical fault was detected in the plane. Apart from these, 3 other flights of Air India were also cancelled.
3 flights of other airlines were also cancelled
Indigo flight 6E 2006 going from Delhi to Leh returned to Delhi on Thursday morning due to technical fault. There were 180 people including crew members on board the flight.
SpiceJet flight SG 2696 also returned 10 minutes after take-off. This flight was going from Hyderabad to Tirupati. There were a total of 80 passengers on board the flight. The airlines had said that after takeoff, the pilot got a signal that there was some problem with the rear door of the plane. Indigo Airlines flight was going from Guwahati to Chennai. The plane was landed in Bengaluru due to lack of fuel. There were 168 passengers on board the flight. After refueling here, it flew back to Chennai.