News Source: Arab News
| 2 months ago
Riyadh on account of a disruption in Air India (AI) flights due to a Riyadh-bound AI plane catching fire in Mumbai on Friday. The Indian carrier, on the other hand, has announced it is paying SR390 (5,000 Indian rupees) to the 229 passengers of the...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 2 months ago
The incident has also exposed the airline's shoddy maintenance. An airline spokesperson said "matters relating to aircraft maintenance will be probed by the airline officials." The airline staff failed to notice the fault in the aircraft and allowed...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 2 months ago
I have been travelling with AI for the last 33 years," says Marcos from Riyadh. "I was travelling with my wife and 16-year-old son back to Riyadh on IC 829.The flight was supposed to leave at 2am but did not take off due to a technical fault.Finally,...
News Source: The Hindustan Times
| 2 months ago
They have asked us to ensure availability of the two pilots and we have agreed,” an Air India spokesperson said...The airline had on Friday de-rostered an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer who was responsible for the departure of Boeing 747-400, which...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 2 months ago
Air India has also set up a four-member0 committee to probe the causes of fire, which engulfed one of the aircraft's engines while taxiing for take-off at Mumbai airport yesterday...Besides inspecting the grounded aircraft, the pilots, engineers,...
News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 2 months ago
Boeing 747-400 aircraft as per the standard practice. "Chutes on the left side of the aircraft, where the fire occurred were opened by the firemen only after the evacuation process was fully completed to ensure ventilation and no passenger was...