Air India flight en-route to London diverted to Vienna due to technical snag


Devdiscourse News Desk | New Delhi | Updated: 09-05-2019 08:44 IST | Created: 09-05-2019 08:22 IST
Air India flight en-route to London diverted to Vienna due to technical snag
The flight that departed from Mumbai at 6:30 am on Tuesday had around 300 passengers on board.  Image Credit: Wikimedia

An Air India flight from Mumbai to London was diverted to Vienna due to a technical snag in the aircraft's engine. The flight reached its destination on Wednesday after being delayed for over 24 hours at Vienna airport.

"Due to a technical issue, Air India 131 Delhi to Heathrow flight was diverted to Vienna airport where it made an emergency landing. A technical team was sent to Vienna to rectify the glitch and now the flight has landed in London," an Air India spokesperson said. The flight that departed from Mumbai at 6:30 am on Tuesday had around 300 passengers on board. 

(With inputs from agencies.)

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