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| Date: | Saturday 14 October 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner |
| Owner/operator: | Air India |
| Registration: | VT-ANO |
| MSN: | 36286/91 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | GE GEnx-1B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) -
 India
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL/VIDP) |
| Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG/ZSPD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was parked at the gate at Delhi-Indira Gandhi International Airport in India when the no.1 engine was hit by an airport vehicle.
The aircraft was being prepared for Air India flight AI348 to Shanghai, China. The aircraft was grounded for inspections and the flight was eventually carried out by a replacement aircraft, that departed with a delay of about one hour.
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Air India ground incident at New Delhi airport.. @AviationSafety @FlightSafe @avherald @AviationTimes @aviationblogs pic.twitter.com/UDiiRrfFic
— Safety Skippers (@safetyskippers) October 14, 2017
Electric Baggage Tractor hit engine of aircraft AI 348 Delhi-Shanghai ready to take off at IGI Airport. Aircraft grounded. Probe ordered pic.twitter.com/QsjFuDyd0i
— ANI (@ANI) October 14, 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2017 12:02 | harro | Added |
| 14-Oct-2017 12:03 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Oct-2017 15:19 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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