NEW DELHI: An Air India flight from Delhi to Frankfurt Wednesday suffered a mid-air decompression and consequently it returned to the airport “keeping safety of 220 passengers in mind”, said the national carrier in a statement.
According to airline officials, the flight faced decompression at the height of approximately 20,000 feet around 15 minutes after taking off.
“Air India flight AI121 operating from Delhi to Frankfurt today faced an issue of decompression and keeping safety of the 220 passengers in mind, the flight had returned to Delhi. No passenger has suffered any injury,” said the Air India spokesperson.