An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been cancelled.
A spokesperson for the airline mentioned the cancellation was “due to the unavailability of the aircraft, resulting from airspace restrictions and additional precautionary checks, leading to longer than usual turnaround of aircraft”.
Nevertheless, that was disputed by Air India, which added that the cancellation was “not due to any technical snag as claimed”.
“We regret the inconvenience caused to our passengers and have made alternative arrangements to fly them to their destination,” the airline added.
It comes after a UK-bound Air India flight catastrophically crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport in western India on Thursday, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew, with one individual surviving the crash.
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A person prepares to take away the wreckage of the Air India Boeing (BA.N) 787-8 Dreamliner plane.
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Indian PM meets lone survivor of crash
Among the many victims have been a number of British nationals, whose deaths within the crash have now been formally confirmed, UK Overseas Secretary David Lammy mentioned as he shared his condolences on X.
On Monday, the households of three of the British victims criticised the UK authorities’s response to the catastrophe, saying they “feel utterly abandoned”.
A Overseas Workplace spokesperson mentioned employees have been working “around the clock in the UK and India to support the families and loved ones of all those impacted by the crash”.
Yesterday, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – the identical sort because the plane concerned in final week’s tragedy – needed to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical subject.
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Why did Air India aircraft crash?
Air India flight 159, which was cancelled on Tuesday, was additionally a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
It was attributable to depart from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport at 1.10pm native time (8.40am UK time). It was set to reach at London’s Gatwick Airport at 6.25pm UK time.
Air India’s web site reveals the flight was initially delayed by one hour and 50 minutes earlier than being cancelled.
Consequently, passengers have been left stranded on the airport. The subsequent flight from Ahmedabad to London is scheduled for 11.40am native time (7.10am UK time) on Wednesday.
The Air India spokesperson mentioned passengers can be supplied with lodge lodging and full refunds or an alternate flight to their vacation spot.
Because the flight to London was cancelled, the next flight AI170 with the identical plane from London to Amritsar was additionally cancelled.
