Bangkok-Bound Air India Flight Delayed By 5 Hours In Mumbai After Hay Found Stuck Near Wing

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Last Updated:June 27, 2025, 12:28 IST

Air India Flight AI-2354 was held back at the Mumbai Airport for five hours after some hay was found stuck below the left wing of the operating aircraft.

Amid a string of flight delays recently due to enhanced checks, a Bangkok-bound Air India flight was held back after some hay was found stuck below the left wing of the operating aircraft.

Air India Flight AI-2354 was held back at the Mumbai Airport, and the source of the hay could not be identified. While authorities immediately attended to the matter and the aircraft was cleared for operation, the flight crew came under regulatory flight duty time limitations, so the flight could not depart immediately afterwards.

According to flight tracking website flightradar24.com, the flight AI 2354, operated by an Airbus A320Neo plane, was scheduled to depart from Mumbai at 7.45 am. However, it departed after a delay of over five hours — around 1 pm.

The passengers were disembarked and served refreshments, and the flight departed as soon as a fresh set of flight crew reported to duty, according to a statement by Air India. The service provider handling the aircraft at Mumbai airport has been instructed to investigate the matter, and Air India apologised for the inconvenience caused to the passengers.

The incident came days after the DGCA detected multiple violations related to airlines, airports, aircraft maintenance works, and repeated defects in multiple cases during its surveillance at major airports, an exercise carried out in less than two weeks after the June 12 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad.

The regulator on Tuesday stated that its surveillance had focused on several critical areas, including flight operations, airworthiness, ramp safety, Air Traffic Control (ATC), Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) systems, and pre-flight medical evaluations, without revealing the names of airlines, airports, or other involved entities.

Flight delays and diversions have assumed significance after the devastating Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, killing 241 passengers aboard and 34 people on the ground in one of India’s worst aviation disasters.

Health department officials confirmed that all bodies have now been recovered. Of these, 260 have been identified, primarily through DNA matching, while six were identified using facial recognition technology.

Aveek Banerjee

Aveek Banerjee is a Senior Sub Editor at News18. Based in Noida with a Master's in Global Studies, Aveek has more than three years of experience in digital media and news curation, specialising in international...Read More

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