Sunday, May 13, 2012

Mangoes ground AI flight

Source:DHNS-Passengers stranded in Bucharest Airport


In a bizarre incident, an Air India flight on Saturday was not only forced to make an emergency landing but also grounded after a fire alarm went off apparently due to fumes emanating from its cargo hold containing mangoes.
The AI-127 Delhi-Frankfurt-Chicago flight, which took off from New Delhi at 2 am on Saturday, had to make an emergency landing in Bucharest in Romania at 11:30 am (IST) as the pilots noticed a fire alarm. The aircraft was flying to Frankfurt en route to Chicago.
Emergency landing
* Aircraft makes an emergency landing at Bucharest airport in Romania after a fire alarm goes off.

* Alarm sets off after smoke emanates from cargo hold, containing mangoes.

* AI to fly engineers from Paris or Frankfurt to Bucharest

* Passengers stranded at Bucharest airport are clueless on when the aircraft will take off.

* Chemicals used to ripen mangoes have properties to emit smoke.

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