An Air India Airbus A320 flight deviated from the track while landing during the heavy rains at Mumbai International Airport on Monday, briefly closing the track and damaging the lower part of one of the plane’s engines.
Since then, all passengers and crew members have landed, said Air India, without saying if someone was injured. Air India Flight AI2744 had flown from Kochi in the south of Kerala state to Mumbai.
Mumbai’s airport said in a statement that there were “minor damage on the main airport track” due to what he described as a “track excursion”, and a secondary track had been activated to guarantee operational continuity.
The plane has been grounded for controls, Air India added.
TO Times of India The report, citing Fuentes, said that three tires had exploded on the plane after landing. Television images of NDTV and India today He showed the external housing of the damaged engine, with some apparent cracks.
In a separate incident reported by Indian Media, an Air India flight from Delhi to Kolkata was aborted moments before takeoff due to a technical problem.
The times of India He informed that Ai2403 flight from Air India transported 160 passengers and experienced a technical failure, which forced the pilots to suspend the takeoff.
An Air India spokesman said: “The A12403 flight that operates from Delhi to Kolkata on July 21, 2025 has been rescheduled to leave later tonight, required by a technical problem detected during the take -off list.”
Air India has been under intense scrutiny after a Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed in the Indian city of Ahmedabad last month, killing 260 people.
The European Union Aviation Agency said earlier this month that it plans to investigate its budget airline, Air India Express, after Reuters He informed that the carrier did not follow a directive to change the engine parts of an Airbus A320 in a timely manner and the counterfeit records to show compliance.
