Mumbai, 22 Oct (HS): An International Air India

flight had to return to the Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Airport within

minutes following a technical snag detected by the pilot.

The flight number AI191 to America which took off at

1.14 am on Wednesday returned after about 30 minutes as the pilot detected some

problems and decided to return to Mumbai. Air India arranged for another plane

for the passengers. The technical staff is verifying the problems.

Air India is facing problems frequently during the

last few months, after the June 12 crash in Ahmedabad, killing 241 passengers.

Only one traveller survived in the crash.

On June 16 technical problem was detected in the Hong

Kong – Delhi flight. Similar problem was detected on July 21 in the Delhi-Kolkata

flight. News about problems in many other flights were reported during the last

few months.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Ajay Vasant Mardikar