New Delhi, December 27: A Mumbai-bound Air India plane, with 162 passengers on board, was damaged when its windshield was hit by small stone blown away by the jet blast of another aircraft while taxiing at the IGI airport this evening.
Around 5:05 pm, Air India flight IC 836 was taxiing from Bay number 13 for the runway, while a Jet Airways aircraft which was on Bay number 15 was taxiing ahead of the AI plane, according to the airport sources.
Suddenly the Jet pilot increased the thrust of the engine which resulted in the damage of one of the windshields of Airbus 321 of the national carrier, they said.
Our flight was aborted and during the inspection it was found that the windshield was hit by some foreign object (stones) probably lying on the taxi way, an Air India official said.
–Agencies