NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow had to return midway on Saturday after the flight developed some technical problem mid-air.
The incident took place 2-3 hours after it took-off from Delhi. The Ground Team called the flight back to Delhi.
The Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement in which it said, “Air India flight which is scheduled to take 143 passengers from Moscow to Jaipur today developed some technical problem mid-air after 2-3 hours of take-off from Delhi and is heading back to Delhi. The same or another aircraft will come back. Delay of several hours is expected.”
However, Air India is yet to confirm details about the incident.
The flight was part of the ”Vande Bharat Mission”, a repatriation exercise meant to help Indians stranded abroad during the coronavirus pandemic.
General international flight travel is yet to resume, although domestic carriers are back in the air.
The government had suspended all civil and international flights on March 23.
Source: Zee News