New Delhi: Air India flight faces turbulence; 3 injured as window panel falls off mid-air


New Delhi, Apr 22 (PTI): In a nightmare for over 240 air passengers, an Air India flight from Amritsar to the national capital last week experienced turbulence leaving at least three people with minor injuries and causing a window panel inside the aircraft to break away, according to four airline officials.

Besides Air India, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB) are probing the incident, which happened on April 19 soon after the flight took off from Amristar, one of the officials said.

The duration of Amritsar-Delhi flight is about 35 minutes and on April 19, the flight was full with over 240 passengers, another official said. The officials said the flight experienced turbulence soon after take-off when the altitude was around 15,000 feet due to bad weather.

At least three passengers had minor injuries and were given first aid after landing at the Delhi airport. Later, they took their connecting flights for onward journey, they added.

A window panel inside the plane also came off when the flight experienced turbulence, the officials said.

According to the officials, the turbulence continued for around 10-12 minutes.

There was no official statement from Air India about the incident. A purported 50-second long video clip of happenings inside that flight showed an air hostess trying to fix the window panel that came off and pacifying an elderly woman passenger seated on that particular window seat.

  

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  • Ravi, Mlore/Usa

    Mon, Apr 23 2018

    Air turbulence is not uncommon. Though disconcerting, it is not dangerous and commercial aircraft are designed to handle it. Aircraft will not break apart or plunge to the ground. Best advice is to stay seated with your seat belt fastened properly to avoid injuries.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    Air trubulances are rare thank God .unfortunately it met AI.I too read yesterday a air turbulence in USA and a window glas was flowinside and a passenger was hit and she died later,a few passengers got injured.Flight was in air about 20minutes.I too experienced a air turbulence in 76 which I will never forget in my life.but without anyone got injured.Nothing helps in such cases but only pray ers.

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  • peter, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    What this incident has to do with congress Mr. Devkumar. If you feel that during Congress government did not maintain the aircraft and we aceept your theory, now it is almost 4 years of BJP government rule at the center, they should have improved the services and upgraded aircraft's safety. Why they failed miserably. Also Our PM is not using the Air India flights for his foreign trips or is he using special charter flights operated by foreign companies.
    I don't understand why people trying to divert from the actual fact

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    Air tribulance is a natural happening and no one can stop.
    Please comment on the subject.
    If atall, you have come across such a miserable conditions you would forget politics.

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  • Flavian, Mangaluru/Kuwait

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    OMG !
    Air tribulances are too scary & nerve-wracking.
    What comes in ones mind is only prayers.

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  • Devkumar, Mangalore/New Delhi

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    One more gift of congress...running on loss...after petroleum companies.

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  • Eshwar. P, Muscat

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    To experience turbulence you have to fly by plane. Sitting on chair in Delhi and you feel turbulence is due to something wrong with your stomach. Check for gastric problem

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  • Allan Dcosta, Kinnigoli / AbuDhabi

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    Dear Dev - you know nothing but only politics, sleeping , eating , walking only politics. any airline can have flight turbulence and this is nothing, few months back Etihad airways experienced severe turbulence where everything was a disarray. everything fell down and it was a mess. please be responsible while commenting.

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  • Edward R. Monteiro, Kulshekar, Mangalore

    Sun, Apr 22 2018

    Mr. Devkumar, Comment sensibly knowing fully well it is air turbulence and it can happen to any time any aircraft in the mid air. Do not show to the readers that your brain is filled with cow dung. Jai Hind

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