New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Tata Group-owned Air India flight from London Heathrow Airport to New Delhi on Sunday, 21 September 2025, returned to the gate shortly after taxiing for takeoff after a passenger failed to board the aircraft.

Air India flight number AI162 passenger, who was supposed to board their flight from London Heathrow Airport, failed to get on board despite having their boarding pass scanned at the gate.

"Flight AI162, operating from London (Heathrow) to Delhi on 21 September 2025, had returned to the gate shortly after pushback because a passenger who, despite having their boarding pass scanned and being marked as boarded, failed to board the aircraft," said an Air India spokesperson on Sunday.

The passenger who was suppo...