Air India flies ‘wrong’ Boeing 777 jet to Vancouver, plane makes U-turn after 4 hours

New Delhi: A Vancouver-bound Air India flight from Delhi, operated by a Boeing 777 200LR aircraft, was forced to return to Delhi on Thursday evening after flying for over seven hours, as it was found that the aircraft deployed for the service was not approved for operations to Canada, people aware of the matter said.

An alleged lapse in updating operational requirements led to the wrong aircraft being assigned to the flight, they said.