Malfunctioning power equipment forces cancellation of Delhi-bound Air India flight

A jam-packed Air India flight from Bhubaneswar to Delhi on Sunday was cancelled at the last minute due to high temperature experienced inside the cabin of the stationary aircraft just before departure.

- S LALITHA & ASHISH MEHTA @ New Delhi/Bhubaneswar

A total of 183 passengers were supposed to board the flight in which the technical glitch was detected. This incident is one more in the series of AI flights impacted due to technical glitches in the last two months.

Flight AI 500 was scheduled to depart at 12.35 pm from Terminal 1 of Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) and reach New Delhi at 2.55 pm. Passengers waiting to board the flight at the boarding gate were told four hours later that the flight had been cancelled.