Delhi-bound Air India flight from New York diverted to London after pilot declares emergency

An Air India flight from New York to Delhi was diverted to London after the pilot declared an emergency. The Air India flight (AI-102) landed at Heathrow airport on Monday.

A day before, an Air India Express flight from Dubai sought assistance from the airport in Thiruvananthapuram after the pilot experienced some problem during landing, an airline source



said.

"The pilot felt something uneasy during landing and sought assistance from the ATC. It was a normal landing at the scheduled arrival time of 6.30 AM. No emergency was declared by the pilot," the source said.

After the IX540 Air India Express flight was checked on landing, it was found that the top layer of a wheel of the nose gear of the aircraft had de-capped, he said.