Air India jet hits wall on take-off, then flies for 4 hours with damaged body

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  • Saturday, 13 Oct 2018

The Boeing 737 suffered the damage as it left Trichy in southern India bound for Dubai.PHOTOS: TWITTER/TARUN SHUKLA, TWITTER/VISHNU SOM.

NEW DELHI (AFP): Air India on Friday (Oct 12) grounded two pilots after one of its jets carrying 136 people hit an airport perimeter wall on take-off and then flew for almost four hours with a damaged body, officials said.

The Boeing 737 suffered the damage as it left Trichy in southern India bound for Dubai.

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