Air India's New York-Delhi Flight Diverted To London Due To Medical Emergency
Due to a medical emergency onboard, an Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London.
An Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London following a medical emergency onboard. The Air India flight (AI-102) was diverted on Monday, news agency PTI reported.
"Our ground staff at Heathrow have been alerted and preparations have been made to evacuate the individual concerned to hospital," an Air India official was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
#UPDATE | AI-102 from New York to New Delhi has been diverted to London due to a medical emergency onboard. Our ground staff at Heathrow have been alerted and preparations have been made to evacuate the individual concerned to hospital: Air India official to ANI pic.twitter.com/dOOueecnoM
— ANI (@ANI) February 20, 2023
A day earlier, an Air India Express flight from Dubai requested assistance from the airport in Thiruvananthapuram after the pilot had a problem upon landing, PTI reported citing an airline source.
"The pilot felt uneasy during the landing and sought assistance from ATC. It was a normal landing at 6.30 am, as scheduled. The pilot did not declare an emergency," according to the source, PTI reported.
The top layer of a wheel of the aircraft's nose gear had de-capped after the IX540 Air India Express flight was checked on landing, he said, as stated in the report.
Further information is awaited.
On February 19, a full emergency was declared at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport after an Air India Express flight from Dubai to Thiruvananthapuram encountered a mechanical issue in the operation of the aircraft's nose wheel. The aeroplane IX 540, with 156 passengers and crew, made a safe emergency landing at the airport at 5.40 am.
According to airport reports, the pilot of the aircraft sought an emergency landing from the air traffic control unit. Given the gravity of the crisis, the airport authorities acted quickly by implementing all emergency measures. The runway was cleared for an emergency landing, and the plane landed safely, according to reports.
After all of the passengers had disembarked, the aircraft was pulled away from the runway and into the parking bay. During the landing, all passengers were safe, and no flights were diverted.
On February 8, a 34-year-old trainee pilot flying a Cessna-172 R had a miraculous escape after the plane strayed off the runway during take-off at Trivandrum International Airport. The plane plummeted from a height of about five feet and veered off the runway, ploughing through the open terrain adjacent to the runway before flipping upside down.
(With Inputs From Agencies)
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