India, July 21 -- An Air India flight from Delhi to Kolkata aborted the take-off while the aircraft was accelerating down the runway due to a technical snag detected just in time, media reports said.

The pilots applied the brakes to stop the aircraft, which was travelling at 155 km per hour.

Flight AI2403, en route to Kolkata, was scheduled to take off at 5:30 pm on Monday.

Even while on the runway, a technical issue was detected and the pilots, "following a Standard Operating Procedure", decided not to go ahead with the take-off.

"All passengers have disembarked, and our ground colleagues in Delhi are extending support to them. Inconvenience caused to the passengers due to this unforeseen disruption is sincerely regretted. At Air Ind...