Air India Flight Returning to Delhi After Flying Over China Due to Wrong Aircraft Deployment
New Delhi. An Air India flight that took off from Delhi for Canada landed back in Delhi despite a 9-hour flight duration.
According to Indian media, the flight, which departed from New Delhi at 11:34 AM local time on Thursday for Canada, landed back in New Delhi at 7:19 PM the same day.
The aircraft returned towards India after reaching Chinese airspace. Indian media reported that the Air India management team called the aircraft back when it reached the airspace over Kunming, China.
According to Indian media, Air India has permission to operate its Boeing 777-300 Extended Range (ER) aircraft for Canada. Indian media stated that the aircraft Air India sent towards Canada on Thursday was a Boeing 777-200 Long Range (LR).
This aircraft that took off from Delhi was not permitted for the Canada route, but due to the inadvertent boarding of passengers on the wrong aircraft, it had to be called back mid-flight, according to Indian media.
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