Air India flight to London aborts take-off due to technical issue weeks after fatal crash
Why Air India flight to London was forced to abort take-off
- An Air India flight from Delhi to London was forced to abort its take-off due to a suspected technical issue.
- Flight AI2017, scheduled to depart on Thursday, 31 July, returned to the bay after the cockpit crew discontinued the take-off run as a precaution.
- Passengers were asked to disembark, and an alternative aircraft was subsequently deployed to complete the journey to London.
- This incident follows a separate Air India flight crash on 12 June, which was bound for London Gatwick.
- That crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, resulted in the deaths of 241 people on board and at least 29 on the ground, with an investigation into its causes ongoing.