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A Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) spokesperson instructed PTI {that a} technical situation brought on the Air India flight to abort the take off.
Lok Sabha member and Congress chief Hibi Eden was amongst these on board the flight.
Flight AI504 working from Kochi to Delhi has been rescheduled to depart later this night, necessitated by a technical situation detected throughout the take-off roll, an Air India spokesperson stated in a press release.
“The cockpit crew decided to discontinue the take-off run following standard operating procedures and brought the aircraft back to the bay for maintenance checks,” the spokesperson stated.
The CIAL spokesperson additionally stated the airline is altering the plane and the flight is now anticipated to depart at 1 a.m. on Monday.
Details in regards to the variety of passengers on board the flight couldn’t be instantly ascertained.
In a Facebook put up, Eden stated there was one thing uncommon about Flight AI 504.
“Something unusual with this flight AI 504… it just felt like the flight skid on the runway… and hasn’t taken off yet…,” the Ernakulam MP stated.
Regretting the inconvenience brought on to the passengers, the Air India spokesperson stated, “All passengers have disembarked and our ground colleagues in Kochi are extending support to them.”
The flight AI 504 was to be operated with an Airbus A321 plane, in response to data obtainable on flight monitoring web site Flightradar24.com.
In a press release issued earlier on Sunday, Air India stated it cancelled its Milan-Delhi flight of August 16 after detecting a upkeep situation on the final minute.
“Flight AI138 operating from Milan to Delhi on August 16 was cancelled due to a maintenance task identified during pushback,” the assertion stated.
In latest weeks, some Air India planes have confronted technical points.
A Delhi-bound flight from Bhubaneswar was cancelled simply previous to its departure on August 3 resulting from excessive cabin temperature.
On July 31, an Air India Boeing 787-9 plane flying to London needed to abort take off at Delhi airport and return to the bay resulting from a technical situation.
Published – August 18, 2025 01:01 am IST
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