Air India flight AI-179 was scheduled to depart from Mumbai to San Francisco at 4 pm on Friday.
Mumbai:
Air India flight AI-179 scheduled to depart from Mumbai to San Francisco at 4 pm (native time) on Friday was delayed because of a technical situation and is now rescheduled to depart at 10:30 am on Saturday.
The flight was pushed again to 7:17 pm, nonetheless, it needed to ramp return because of one passenger feeling unwell. The ailing passenger deboarded the flight, nonetheless, the night time touchdown restrictions at SFO had set in together with the crew flight obligation limitations.
In an announcement, an Air India spokesperson acknowledged, “AI-179 from Mumbai to San Francisco, scheduled to depart at 1600 hrs at the moment, was delayed because of a technical situation arising simply earlier than departure. Giving high precedence to issues of safety, the plane was held again for engineering checks.”
“In the meantime, just a few visitors determined to discontinue the journey and the flight acquired additional delayed as their baggage needed to be offloaded from the plane. The flight pushed again at 1917 hours however needed to ramp return because of one visitor feeling unwell. Whereas the ailing visitor was being deboarded along with his baggage, the night time touchdown restrictions at SFO had set in together with the crew flight obligation limitations,” it added.
Based on the assertion, passengers have been provided resort lodging, complimentary rescheduling, and served refreshments on the airport.
Air India spokesperson acknowledged, “Visitors have been provided resort lodging, complimentary rescheduling and full refunds and served refreshments on the airport. The flight has now been rescheduled at 1030 hours tomorrow (Saturday). Inconvenience triggered to visitors is sincerely regretted.”
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