Overview
- The Boeing 787-8, which diverted Monday, landed safely in Jeddah with all passengers and crew unharmed, according to Air India.
- Air India said engineers are running detailed inspections in Jeddah as a safety step taken out of an abundance of caution.
- The airline is working with Jeddah airport authorities to provide assistance to travelers and crew, and it has not disclosed the passenger count.
- Days earlier, flight AI185 to Vancouver returned to Delhi after more than seven hours aloft because the assigned Boeing 777-200LR was not cleared for Canada routes, with Flightradar24 showing the turnback over Chinese airspace near Kunming.
- The back-to-back disruptions have put a spotlight on aircraft-route authorization checks and other operational controls that govern which jets airlines can legally use on specific routes.