AI diverts NY-Del flight to Ireland airport after vibrations, sounds in belly
NEW DELHI: Row 32 and 33 passengers snoozing on board Air India’s new Airbus A350 winging its way from New York to Delhi were rudely awaken by floor vibrations and sound from below their feet, reports Saurabh Sinha. They alerted crew members.
Flying near the coast of Ireland at that time, the pilots decided to divert to Shannon, and the aircraft (VT-JRF) operating as AI 102 with 300 people on board landed safely there. In all such intercontinental diversions, the main issue is of visas in terms of getting passengers out of the airport for being taken to hotels.
