CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Air India pilot, 4 crew grounded over peeing incident on New York to Delhi flight.

Detailed explanation-2: -On November 26, onboard Air India flight AI-102, an inebriated male passenger, identified as Shankar Mishra, exposed himself and urinated on a passenger, a woman in her seventies, seated in a business class seat. The woman was too shocked to react, but after the erring passenger left, she informed the crew.

Detailed explanation-3: -On 23 June 1985, it was operated using Boeing 747-237B registered VT-EFO. It disintegrated in mid-air en route from Montreal to London, at an altitude of 31, 000 feet (9, 400 m) over the Atlantic Ocean, as a result of an explosion from a bomb planted by Canadian Sikh terrorists.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bottom line. Surprisingly, VT-ESB is not the only former Air India narrowbody that got stuck during road transportation. Last year, another Airbus A320 was stuck under a bridge near Delhi Airport, and in 2019, a Boeing 737-200 that was also formerly operated for the national carrier got stuck in a similar fashion.

Detailed explanation-5: -Air India has a fleet size of 113 aircraft of which 87 planes were operational as of September. These included 54 narrow-body airplanes and 33 wide-body aircraft. The inoperative 16 narrow-body aircraft and 10 wide-body aircraft are expected to return to service by early 2023.