Air India flight from Ahmadabad to London CANCELLED over ‘technical glitch' just days after disaster killed 270
This comes just days after another of the firm's planes crashed near the Ahmedabad airport killing 270 passengers.
The Air India Flight AI159 was called off on this morning following reports of technical issues in one of its engines - sparking travel chaos for many.
Passengers were asked to disembark the plane at Kolkata airport, where the flight had stopped for a layover.
It comes just four days after Air India Flight AI171 crashed into a doctors' hostel in Ahmedabad, India, killing at least 279 people and leaving one miracle survivor.
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