Air India jet grounded after landing incident
New Delhi, May 22 -- An Air India aircraft, with 181 passengers onboard, suffered a tail strike during landing at the Bengaluru airport on Thursday morning and the plane has been grounded for a detailed inspection.
The airline's narrow-body A321 aircraft was operating the flight AI2651 from Delhi to Bengaluru. An Air India spokesperson said the plane "experienced a tail-strike during landing".
The aircraft landed safely, and all passengers and crew disembarked normally, the spokesperson said.
A source said the plane experienced "wake turbulence" when it was close to land, following which the pilot decided to perform a go around manoeuvre. During the manoeuvre, there was a tail strike, the source added. Specific details about the wide-body plane could not be ascertained. The source said there were 181 passengers onboard the aircraft that operated the flight AI2651.P6...
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