Air India flight AI2354 delayed over 3 hours after a nest was discovered in a wing

Category: Asia Incident

Airline: Air India
Aircraft: Airbus A320-214

A Bird’s nest was found in a wing of an Air India’s aircraft right before takeoff from Mumbai Airport.

An Air India flight AI2354 from Mumbai to Bangkok was delayed over three hours after a bird’s nest was found inside the aircraft’s wing just before takeoff from Mumbai Airport on June 25.

The flight, originally scheduled to depart at 7:45 AM, faced a hold as ground staff carefully removed the nest made of grass and sticks.

A flight attendant sent a picture to the pilot who ordered a thorough technical inspection. Grass and hard sticks were removed by technical staff.

Air India flight AI2354

Decision was took by the airline to switch to another aircraft. All passengers were brought back to Terminal 2 to board a new plane, rescheduled to depart at 12 PM.

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