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Jun 17, 2025 06:28 PM IST At least 5 Air India worldwide flights had been cancelled. Air India stated its flight from Ahmedabad to London was cancelled attributable to unavailability of plane. At least 5 Air India worldwide flights- all Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – had been cancelled on Tuesday, days after the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner plane crashed right into a hostel complicated shortly after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, killing 241 passengers and crew. An Air India flight working from San Francisco to Mumbai, with a scheduled cease in Kolkata, underwent a compulsory post-landing inspection upon arrival, in Kolkata on Tuesday. (ANI) Air India’s Ahmedabad to Gatwick flight cancelledAir India stated on Tuesday its flight from Ahmedabad to Gatwick in London has been cancelled as a result of unavailability of the plane, ensuing from airspace restrictions and extra precautionary checks. The airline denied claims that the flight has been cancelled attributable to any technical snag. Regretting the inconvenience induced to passengers, the airline stated various preparations have been made to fly them to their vacation spot. It stated resort lodging was being supplied, and refunds on cancellations or complimentary rescheduling was additionally being supplied if opted by the passengers. Delhi-Paris Air India flight cancelledParis-bound Air India flight 143 from Delhi was additionally cancelled on Tuesday after pre-flight checks recognized a problem, which was at present being addressed, an Air India spokesperson confirmed. The AI143 has been cancelled as a result of the flight is topic to restrictions on evening operations at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport. “We regret the inconvenience caused to our passengers and are making alternative arrangements to fly them to their destination at the earliest. We are providing hotel accommodation and also offering full refunds on cancellations or complimentary rescheduling if opted by the passengers,” an Air India spokesperson stated. Consequently, flight AI142 from Paris to Delhi on June 17 additionally stands cancelled. Air India flight from San Francisco to Mumbai grounded in KolkataIn the meantime, an Air India flight from San Francisco to Mumbai, with a scheduled cease in Kolkata, was grounded on Tuesday after a technical difficulty was suspected throughout a routine post-landing inspection. All passengers had been safely deplaned, and a few have been accommodated in a resort in Kolkata. The termination led to chaotic scenes on the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata because the 211 passengers on the Boeing 777-200 LR tried to persuade officers to allow them to attain their vacation spot on the earliest. There had been 228 folks on board the plane, together with pilots and crew. The flight was initially scheduled to depart to Mumbai from Kolkata at 2am on Tuesday. Usually, Air India flies on to Mumbai from San Francisco, however the ongoing geopolitical occasions, together with the closure of Pakistani airspace, have led AI to reroute it and take a “technical halt” in Kolkata. Flight AI180 landed in Kolkata on the scheduled time of 12.45am, although it took off one hour late from San Francisco. IndiGo flight makes emergency touchdown in Nagpur Earlier within the day, an IndiGo flight 6E 2706, which was travelling from Muscat to Delhi with a layover at Kochi, made an emergency touchdown at Nagpur airport on Tuesday after a bomb risk was obtained. According to Lohit Matani, DCP Nagpur, all passengers have been safely deboarded, and an investigation is at present underway. Preliminary checks haven’t discovered something suspicious up to now, officers stated. Further investigation into the incident is underway.
