An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London has been cancelled.
No clarification has been given for the cancellation to this point, Sky Information understands.
Nevertheless, Indian-English language channel CNN News18 reported that the cancellation of the flight, which arrived from Delhi, was attributable to “technical points”.
It comes after a UK-bound Air India flight catastrophically crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad airport in western India on Thursday, killing 229 passengers and 12 crew, with one particular person surviving the crash.
Among the many victims had been a number of British nationals, whose deaths within the crash have now been formally confirmed, UK International Secretary David Lammy mentioned as he shared his condolences on X.
Yesterday, an Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner – the identical kind because the plane concerned in final week’s tragedy – needed to return to Hong Kong mid-flight after a suspected technical concern.
Air India flight 159, which was cancelled on Tuesday, was additionally a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.
It was attributable to depart from Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Worldwide Airport at 1.10pm native time (8.40am UK time). It was set to reach at London’s Gatwick Airport at 6.25pm UK time.
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