AI plane rams into aerobridge at Mumbai airport

Mumbai: A Mangalore-bound Air India aircraft, with 172 passengers and six crew onboard, hit the aerobridge here while taxiing on Tuesday, delaying the flight by almost one-and-a-half hour.

All passengers are safe, Air India spokesperson said, adding "the passengers were transferred to another aircraft and flight took off at 12.20 pm."

"The incident is being looked into to fix responsibility," the spokesperson added.

The incident occurred at around 11.00 am when the aircraft hit the aerobridge while taxiing and resulted in

damaging its door, airport sources said.

All 172 passengers onboard were deboarded and another aircraft was arranged to facilitate their journey to Mangalore, the sources said.