Air India pilot suffers medical emergency before take-off: AI2414 Bengaluru-Delhi flight delayed, standby crew deployed | India News
NEW DELHI:A pilot assigned to operate Air India flight AI2414 from Bengaluru to Delhi on Friday had a medical emergency shortly before take-off, the airline said. The pilot was taken to a nearby hospital and is currently stable but remains under medical observation, according to an Air India spokesperson. As a result, the flight was delayed and was later operated by another pilot from the crew. “Our immediate priority is to assist the pilot and his family to ensure his speedy recovery,” the airline said. This incident comes weeks after the tragic crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad on 12 June, which claimed 275 lives. In the days following the crash, several other Air India-related incidents have come to light. Just 38 hours after the Ahmedabad crash, a Vienna-bound Boeing 777 wide-body aircraft from Delhi experienced a stall warning shortly after take-off in the early hours of 14 June. The situation was brought under control, and the flight landed safely.On June 17, the airline cancelled six international flights, citing a combination of operational reasons and precautionary aircraft inspections initiated by India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
