Air India flight returns to Delhi after engine issue

An Air India Boeing 777 flying to Mumbai had to return to Delhi airport on Monday after one of its two engines developed a technical snag shortly after take-off, prompting the civil aviation regulator to order a probe into the latest incident involving the airline and its subsidiaries.

Pilots observed a low engine oil pressure on the B777-300ER aircraft’s right-hand engine during flaps retraction after ‌take-off. The pressure shortly thereafter dropped to zero and the crew shut down the engine and turned back as per procedure, the ​Directorate General of Civil aviation said.