On Friday morning, the Air India flight going from Chennai to Delhi was stopped en route due to technical glitch. It has been informed by the officials that the flight did not notice any malfunction during take off on the runway, after which the decision was taken to immediately stop the plane. Around 120 passengers transferred their tickets to Indigo and Vistara flights.
There were 164 passengers on board the flight
Information has been given by the concerned authorities that the flight was scheduled to depart at 10:00 am and there were 164 passengers on board. While the flight was traveling on the runway, the pilot detected a hydraulic problem in the aircraft, after which an alert was issued to air traffic control (ATC).
After this the plane was stopped and checked and the passengers were asked to wait in the waiting hall. Due to the delay of hours, the passengers got angry and started creating ruckus and were pacified by senior officials.