India, May 22 -- A Delhi-Bengaluru Air India flight, with 181 people on board, was grounded after it experienced a tail strike during landing at the Bengaluru airport on Thursday morning. The airline's narrow-body A321 aircraft was operating the flight AI2651 from Delhi to Bengaluru.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has begun its investigation into the matter. "The operating pilots have been off rostered pending investigation," DGCA sources said.

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. Due to the grounding of the aircraft, the return flight AI2652 from Bengaluru to Delhi has be...