Overview
- The Mumbai–Bhopal service, which reported a technical issue Sunday, landed at 3:20 pm with all 175 aboard safe.
- Airport teams activated standard protocols, placing fire and rescue crews, CISF personnel, and ground staff on standby before touchdown.
- Engineers declared the aircraft unserviceable after inspections, and Air India canceled the Bhopal–Mumbai return leg AI 634 with 178 bookings.
- Airport officials said 86 passengers took refunds, 81 were rebooked for the next day, eight received hotel rooms, one moved to IndiGo, and transport was arranged for two.
- A priority landing signals a non-life-threatening issue that prompts an early landing, and the cause of the technical alert has not yet been disclosed.