New Delhi, July 22 -- An Air India flight scheduled to depart for Kolkata had to abort take-off after detecting a technical snag at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in Delhi on Monday evening, officials said. The flight, which was on the runway, had to return for taxiing, with both passengers and the crew safely disembarking.
"Flight AI2403 operating from Delhi to Kolkata on July 21 has been rescheduled to depart later this evening, necessitated by a technical issue detected during the take-off roll," said an Air India spokesperson. An airport official said there were 160 passengers on-board. "It was an Airbus 321, scheduled to depart at 7.30 pm which developed a technical problem," the official said.
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