Mumbai: Mumbaiites living in the vicinity of the airport might have witnessed something highly unusual — and somewhat scary to the untrained eye — on Monday morning. At 10.47 am, a huge Boeing 747 with the Air India colours took off, tilted to its left and then to its right, before flying away into the skies.
No, this wasn’t anything to be worried about. The jumbo jet had done a “wing wave”, a highly-skilled manoeuvre used to mark a pilot’s final flight or the retirement of an aircraft. In this case, it was the latter.
Air India is bidding adieu to its four last remaining Boeing 747s, marking the end of an era for the iconic jumbo jet in the country.
