Air India flight hits airport building at Stockholm airport!

An Air India flight from Delhi to Stockholm(Sweden) carrying 179 passengers hit an airport terminal building while landing in the Swedish capital. No casualties have been reported.

The accident occurred at 5.45 pm about 50 metres from the Stockholm Arlanda airport, when the plane was being taxied towards the gate. Its left wingtip hit the building, causing damage to the plane. 

A passenger who was on the flight told TNM, "The flight was taxiing, announcing early arrival. Suddenly, there was a big screeching sound and skid; and within minutes police cars had surrounded us. It was crazy - only then did we realise that the wing had hit a building and was stuck there."

"The 179 passengers were able to get off the plane via a mobile staircase and then enter the terminal," the local police said in a statement. 

According to news agency ANI, the 179 passengers on the flight were shifted to another Air India carrier and the cockpit crew was taken off duty.

Police have started the investigating the mishap. 

Meanwhile, the AI 167 flight from Stockholm to Delhi has been cancelled. The passengers are stranded at the airport. So far, there has been no statement or acknowledgement from Air India on the issue.

Earlier in October, Air India pilots kept flying the flight to Dubai even after a mishap during takeoff. The plane's underside had been badly scraped while it took off from Trichy. The plane had to be diverted to Mumbai as a result.

And in September 2018, an Air India flight landed on an under-construction runway at Male airport in Maldives. The flight, AI 263, was operational on the Delhi-Thiruvananthapuram-Male route. The 136 passengers on board were all safe.

Jet Airways Bus crashes into stationary Air India flight at Kolkata Airport!

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A Jet Airways shuttle bus driver crashes into the stationary Air India Aircraft at Kolkata Airport (CUU). 

A Jet Airways shuttle bus driver has confessed that he dozed off and crashed into an Air India aircraft at the Kolkata airport early this morning, causing damage worth crores though no one was seriously hurt.

The plane, said to be worth Rs.400 crore, was extensively damaged, says Air India.

The driver, Momin Ali, is likely to be arrested. "He has said that after a night shift, he had fallen asleep and deviated from his route," said airport director AK Sharma.

There were no passengers in the aircraft or on the bus when the incident took place at around 5:25 am.

Airport officials said the plane was parked at Bay no.32 and was preparing to fly to Silchar in Assam. The bus hit the plane near its left wing. A medical exam revealed that the driver was not drunk or on drugs.

The plane has been grounded, according to Air India officials. The airline has cancelled two flights to the North East.

The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered an investigation into the incident, which comes less than a week after an Air India engineer was sucked into the engine of a plane because of what appears to be miscommunication between him and the pilot.