It seems like Air India bought too many Boeing Dreamliners from the U.S. but did not train enough pilots to fly them.
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An Air India flight from London was delayed for nearly 12 hours because there were no pilots to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner back to New Delhi, according to reports.
The twin-engine airliner landed at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday evening after a nine-hour journey and was scheduled to return to the Indian capital the same night.
But the departure did not take place because the airline ‘had not positioned any pilots in London’ to operate the aircraft's return leg, the Times of India reported, quoting an unnamed source.
Read more: Passengers stranded at Heathrow after Air India forgets to schedule pilots Daily Mail Online
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An Air India flight from London was delayed for nearly 12 hours because there were no pilots to fly the Boeing 787 Dreamliner back to New Delhi, according to reports.
The twin-engine airliner landed at Heathrow Airport on Tuesday evening after a nine-hour journey and was scheduled to return to the Indian capital the same night.
But the departure did not take place because the airline ‘had not positioned any pilots in London’ to operate the aircraft's return leg, the Times of India reported, quoting an unnamed source.
Read more: Passengers stranded at Heathrow after Air India forgets to schedule pilots Daily Mail Online
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