Mumbai-Calicut Air India flight aborts take off due to 'technical issue'

A Calicut-bound Air India flight from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai aborted take off and was delayed by more than three hours on Sunday (November 20) due to a “technical issue”.

However, there were media reports that said the flight took off and returned to Mumbai within 10 minutes due to a technical snag.

There were 114 passengers on board the aircraft when it returned to the bay after the push back, an Air India spokesperson said in a statement.

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Air India flight AI 581, operating on the Mumbai-Calicut sector, came back at 6.25 am after the push back at 6.13 am owing to a “technical issue”, the airline said.

Thorough engineering checks were carried out before the aircraft was cleared for operations again, it stated.

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The flight finally took off for its destination Calicut at 9.50 am, the airline added.

(With agency inputs)