On August 14, Air India flight AI129, operated by a Boeing 777 bound for London, had to u-turn back to Mumbai with a problem onboard.
Information has been released pertinent to the incident at hand.
Without further ado, let’s get into it…
Air India AI129 – Mumbai to London Heathrow…
Air India flight AI129, which suffered the problem onboard, is a routine scheduled flight between Mumbai and London Heathrow.
Furthermore, the aircraft involved in the incident was VT-ALX.
As per data from Planespotters.net, VT-ALX is a 6.5 year old Boeing 777-300ER that was delivered to the airline in March 2018.
Of the 777-300ER variant, Air India has 19 of them in their fleet.
Moreover, of that 19, all but three are in active service, with an average fleet age of 13.8 years.
As well as the 777-300ER, the airline has the following other aircraft in their mainline fleet:
- 10 Airbus A319s.
- 57 Airbus A320s.
- 4 Airbus A321neos.
- 13 Airbus A321ceos.
- 6 Airbus A350s.
- 8 Boeing 777-200s.
- 27 Boeing 787s.
Air India flight AI129, which suffered the problem onboard, departed Mumbai at 0835 local time on August 14 and initially climbed out to London.
However, not long into the flight, the aircraft made a u-turn back to the Indian airport.
After two hours and 51 minutes in the air, the Boeing 777 landed safely back into it’s departure airport without further incident.
As per The Aviation Herald, it is understood the cause of this was due to issues with the cabin pressure onboard.
Aircraft Grounded Following the Incident: Replacement Jet Took Passengers Onwards…
Following the incident involving Air India flight AI129 Mumbai-London, VT-ALX was grounded and taken out of commercial service.
Furthermore, at the time of writing (14/8/24 @ 2320 UK time), the aircraft has not been airborne yet.
This means that maintenance crews will no doubt perform the necessary work to get the aircraft back in the air.
The safety outlet reported also that a replacement Boeing 777-300ER took passengers onwards to Heathrow.
In total, the delay amounted to a staggering 12 hour delay.
As soon as we have more information pertinent to the incident, then we will update you accordingly.
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