Ahmedabad, 4 February 2014

An Air India Boeing 777-300, registration VT-ALQ performing flight AI-191 from Ahmedabad to Mumbai (India) with 260 passengers, landed on Mumbai’s runway 27 without apparent incident and taxied to the gate. Ground personnel discovered three tyres had blown. A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration VT-ALU continued the next sector of the flight to Newark,NJ (USA) and reached Newark with a delay of 80 minutes.The airline confirmed three tyres were found deflated by ground personnel. A replacement aircraft continued the onward journey.