Aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday (August 11, 2025) said that Air India’s Thiruvananthapuram-Delhi flight, in which some Parliamentarians were onboard, was diverted to Chennai on Sunday (August 10) evening due to suspected malfunctioning of the weather radar of the aircraft.
Congress MP K.C. Venugopal and several other parliamentarians were among over 100 passengers on the Air India flight late on Sunday (August 10) night that saw a series of nerve racking moments — weather turbulence, a suspected malfunction in the weather radar, 90 minutes of circling over an alternative airport and an aborted landing due to a runway debris.
K.C. Venugopal calls for fixing accountability after Air India flight suffers technical snag
K.C. Venugopal calls for fixing accountability after an Air India flight bound to New Delhi from Thiruvananthapuram suffered a technical snag on August 10, 2025. | Video Credit: The Hindu
“Shortly after take-off, we were hit by unprecedented turbulence. About an hour later, the Captain announced a flight signal fault and diverted to Chennai. For nearly two hours, we circled the airport awaiting clearance to land, until a heart-stopping moment during our first attempt — another aircraft was reportedly on the same runway,” Mr. Venugopal wrote on X about his AI 2455 flight. The aircraft landed safely in the second attempt.
