Mumbai-London Air India flight returns due to pressurisation issue
Mumbai (PTI): A London-bound Air India flight, which departed from here on Wednesday morning with 354 people on board returned to the city after the pilot-in-command reported pressurisation issue in the cabin, a source said.
The aircraft landed safely, the source said.
"Air India flight AI-129 that had departed from here Wednesday morning returned to the city after the pilot reported pressurisation issue in the Boeing 777 aircraft cabin," the source told PTI.
The flight departed from Mumbai at 8.36 am and returned to the city at around 11.30 am.
Meanwhile, an Air India statement said: "The flight operating from Mumbai to London made an air-return to Mumbai due to a technical issue. The aircraft landed safely at Mumbai for precautionary checks."
The airline also said it has already made alternative arrangements to fly the passengers to their destination.
Air India said it has offered full refunds on cancellation and complimentary rescheduling to another date, if so desired by passengers.
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Saif Ali Khan's attacker urges court to declare his arrest illegal, seeks release from jail
Mumbai, May 9 (PTI): The man accused of stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan on Friday moved an application before a court here seeking to declare his arrest as illegal and sought his release from jail.
Accused Mohammad Shariful Islam (30), a Bangladeshi national currently lodged in the Arthur Road Jail in Mumbai, on Friday withdrew his bail plea filed in April before a sessions court here.
Later, the accused, through his lawyer Ajay Gawli, moved an application before Judicial Magistrate First Class (Bandra), seeking to declare his arrest as illegal and sought his release from jail.
In the plea, he claimed that his arrest was illegal as the police did not adhere to the provisions of law while apprehending him.
The court asked the police to file its reply and adjourned the matter till May 13.
Khan was repeatedly stabbed with a knife by the intruder inside his 12th floor apartment in upscale Bandra on January 16 this year. The 54-year-old actor underwent an emergency surgery at the Lilavati Hospital. He was discharged after five days.
The accused was arrested by the police two days after the alleged incident.
