Air India’s Mumbai-bound Boeing 777 plane returns to Delhi. Here’s what happened

Air India’s Boeing 777 aircraft, which was flying from Delhi to Mumbai, returned to the national capital on Monday, December 22. An airline spokesperson said that the Mumbai-bound flight AI887 returned to Delhi after take-off due to “a technical issue as per standard operating procedure.”

The plane, carrying around 335 people, was in the air for nearly an hour before returning to Delhi. The aircraft made an emergency landing, the spokesperson added. “The aircraft landed safely at Delhi, and the passengers and crew disembarked,” the Air India spokesperson said.