TROUBLES continued at Air India,whichis facing the biggest crisissince Tata group bought the airline three-and-a-half years back,with as many ass even international flights being cancelled on Tuesday for varied reasons, and a glitch forcing fliers on San Francisco-Mumbai flight to deplane during a stopover. While Air India cancelled six international flights due to aviationregulatorDGCAsubjecting itsDreamliner fleet to enhanced checks, theAhmedabad-London Gatwick one was cancelled due to unavailability of aircraft, the airline said. TheDelhi-Paris flightwascancelled after someproblemswere detected during pre-flight checks.

 

Theother flightscancelledduring the dayincludedBengaluruLondon, London-Amritsar, Delhi-Vienna, Delhi-Dubai and Mumbai-San Francisco. Separately, Air India terminateditsSanFrancisco-Mumbai flight at its scheduled stopover at Kolkata early on Tuesday morning after one of its engines developed a technical snag. Thedisruptionscameasinvestigators probed what caused aLondon-boundAirIndia flight tocrashinAhmedabadshortlyaftertake-off on June 12, killing morethan 270people onboard and onthe ground. The incident dealt a severeblow to the airline and its ownerTata,whichpridesitselfinproducing luxury cars to salt tosoftware and assemblingiPhones. In a statement earlier in theday, Air India said flight AI143fromDelhi toParishasbeencancelledafter“mandatorypre-flight checksidentified anissue whichis being presently addressed”