New Delhi: An Air India Newark (US)-Delhi flight (AI106) with around 300 passengers made an emergency landing at Sweden’s Stockholm airport after it developed a technical snag, as reported by the news agency ANI on Wednesday. All passengers are safe. According to ANI, a large number of fire engines were deployed at the airport as the flight made an emergency landing. Earlier on Monday, an Air India flight from New York to Delhi (AI-102) was diverted to London due to a medical emergency onboard.
The flight was diverted to Stockholm on Wednesday due to an oil leak in one of the engines, according to a senior official, as reported by the news agency PTI. The senior DGCA official said the flight, operated with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, had an oil leak in one of the engines.