Air India Aircraft Suffers Tyre Issue: Flight Departs After 6-Hour Delay

An Air India Boeing 777-300ER, registered VT-AEP, scheduled to operate flight AI119 from Mumbai to New York, experienced a tyre issue, prompting the airline to arrange a replacement aircraft.

Air India deployed another Boeing 777-300ER, registered VT-ALQ, within approximately six hours. The replacement aircraft departed Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at around 7:10 a.m. local time on November 7, heading to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Flight tracking data confirmed that the flight departed approximately six hours behind schedule. However, no official statement detailing the technical nature of the tyre issue affecting the original aircraft has been released.