Air India Airbus A350-941 VT-JRF (msn 589) LHR (Ton Jochems). Image: 965387.

NEW DELHI: For the second time in exactly 10 days, a new Airbus A350 (VT-JRF) of Air India could not complete its long haul journey short due to turbulence, excessive vibration and noise in the belly hold section. The latest instance happened on Thursday when it was operating as AI 111 from Delhi to London. This issue recurred when the aircraft was in Oman airspace. The airline then decided to call it back to Delhi, where it returned after flying for over seven hours. While the airline is in touch with Airbus for this issue with a new plane, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is probing the issue.The exact same issue happened on March 16 when VT-JRF was flying from New York to Delhi.

NEW DELHI: Row 32 and 33 passengers snoozing on board Air India’s new Airbus A350 winging its way from New York to Delhi were rudely awaken by floor vibrations and sound from below their feet. They alerted crew members about the noise and vibrations which were making them jittery. Being near the coast of Ireland at that time, the pilots decided to divert to Shannon and the aircraft (VT-JRF) operating as AI 102 with 300 people on board landed safely there.In all such intercontinental diversions, the main issue is of visas in terms of getting passengers out of the airport for being taken to hotels.