Air India flight leaves 25 confirmed passengers behind

October 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Air India has announced the launch of a daily Washington-New York-Delhi-Kolkata flight from Dec 1 putting the US capital on its map. The daily flight would have stops in New York and New Delhi before flying on to Kolkata, saving several hours for passengers travelling from Washington.

October 4th, 2009 KOZHIKODE - A rat has possibly done it, again. An Air India flight to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia was held up here Sunday, possibly due to a rat in the aircraft.

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ CHENNAI/KOLKATA - Passengers across India felt the brunt of the Air India strike, which entered its fourth day on Tuesday. People lost out on their important business meetings and family engagements due to the flight cancellations.

September 26th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Rat! It's that creature again that held up a London-bound Air India flight by nearly 11 hours from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday. Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m.

September 25th, 2009 AMRITSAR - A rat delayed a London-bound Air India flight from the Rajasansi airport here Saturday morning. Flight AI-187, which was scheduled to depart at 6.30 a.m.

September 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Kingfisher Airlines flight to Bangalore returned minutes after take-off from here Tuesday when a technical snag was detected, an airport official said. Flight IT 103, with 80 passengers on board, took off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Interantional Airport shortly after 9 a.m.

September 4th, 2009 MUMBAI - Nearly 215 passengers and crew of a Riyadh-bound Air India flight had a narrow escape here Friday morning when they were evacuated quickly after one of the plane's engines caught fire while proceeding for take-off. The fire was noticed by the ground staff while the aircraft had begun to taxi toward the runway and was immediately doused, Air India spokesperson Jitendra Bhargava said.

August 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - One hundred and forty-one passengers and crew of a Chennai-bound Air India flight had a miraculous escape when the pilot managed to safely land the aircraft here Saturday in spite of a tyre burst while taking off from Singapore.

August 22nd, 2009 CHENNAI - It was a close shave for 141 passengers and crew of a Chennai-bound Air India flight as the pilot managed to safely land the aircraft here Saturday despite a tyre burst while taking off from Singapore. "The officials of Singapore airport suspected a tyre burst in the Chennai-bound Air India flight when they found pieces of rubber on their runway and warned us, as well as the pilot," an official of the Chennai airport told IANS.

August 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight skidded on the runway while taking off from Dhaka's Zia International Airport at about 11 a.m. Monday, a senior airport official here said.

August 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Hyderabad-bound Air India aircraft with 28 passengers on board had to head back and make an emergency landing after a technical alarm bell went off minutes after it had taken off from here Saturday, an official said. "The flight took off at 5.14 pm from the N.S.C.

August 15th, 2009 KOLKATA - A Hyderabad-bound Air India aircraft with 28 passengers on board had to head back and make a 'precautionary' landing after a technical alarm bell went off minutes after it had taken off from here Saturday, an official said. "The flight took off at 5.14 p.m.

August 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Jet Airways flight with 63 passengers on board made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here Tuesday following a technical snag in its undercarriage wheels. The pilot of Flight 9W 2601, which was on its way from Delhi to Vadodara, detected problems in the undercarriage wheels around 40 minutes after the take-off and made emergency landing by around 6.10 p.m., airport officials said.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 220 passengers, many of them with small children, were subjected to hours of ordeal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here Monday night after Hong Kong based airline Cathay Pacific suddenly cancelled its New Delhi-Hong Kong flight (CX-752). All the passengers had checked in for boarding and were waiting to board the aircraft when the airline staff arrived to say that the flight stood cancelled.

June 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Cathay Pacific Airways, which cancelled its New Delhi-Hong Kong flight Monday night minutes before the scheduled take-off, Tuesday apologised for the "inconvenience" caused to nearly 220 passengers. "We do sincerely apologise for all the inconvenience caused to our passengers," Tom Wright, general manager (India, Middle East, Africa and Pakistan) of the Hong Kong-based airline, said in a statement.