Mumbai, Nov. 8 -- Air India flight AI129, which was scheduled to depart from Mumbai for London at 6:30 AM, has been delayed on Saturday.

According to a statement from Air India, the flight will now take off at 1:00 PM due to technical difficulties. Passengers have been provided with refreshments while they wait.

The flight remains at Mumbai airport, and a passenger on board reported that they were initially informed that boarding would be delayed by half an hour. Ultimately, boarding began at 6:00 AM instead of the originally scheduled time of 5:20 AM.

After boarding, all passengers remained seated for approximately one to one and a half hours before an announcement was made indicating that they would need to deplane due to technical i...