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Air India crew member falls off aircraft, hospitalised

A 53-year-old air hostess suffered serious injuries after falling off an Air India aircraft which was getting ready for departure for New Delhi from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, a source said on Monday.

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A 53-year-old air hostess suffered serious injuries after falling off an Air India aircraft which was getting ready for departure for New Delhi from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here, a source said on Monday.

The incident happened on Air India flight AI 864 operating on Mumbai-Delhi route, according to the airline source.

"The woman crew member was closing the door for the push back when she fell from the aircraft, " the source said. She has been admitted to Nanavati Hospital.

Air India spokesperson was not immediately available for comments. 

Meanwhile, crunched for cash, Jet Airways has begun belt-tightening exercise with sources claiming that the full service carrier (FSC) has been cutting capacity and flights to curtail cash burn to keep afloat.

An industry source, who spoke to DNA Money on condition of anonymity, said, "Three A330s have been grounded: one in Chennai, one in Abu Dhabi and one in an undisclosed location in Europe. Hence six routes have been reduced. The aircraft could have been grounded for reducing capacity, and not routes".

The source told DNA Money the grounding of the aircraft could have been done to prune capacity by merging flights with negative operating margin on a route to cut costs, and thereby reduce losses.

Another source also claimed that Jet's aircraft have been grounded but could not confirm the aircraft type or the reasons for it.

In a written response to DNA Money's queries, the Naresh Goyal-promoted airline refuted this and said "occasional aircraft changes were a result" of its network optimisation efforts.

"Jet Airways would like to state that your information is false and incorrect. The airline is always working to optimise its network and occasional aircraft changes are a result of such efforts as well as scheduled maintenance from time-to-time," replied the beleaguered airline, which has been defaulting on or delaying payments of senior employees' salaries over the last few months.

Till June, out of Jet's total fleet of 120 aircraft, 119 were operational. As per information available on its website, the airline currently has a fleet of 124 aircraft, including those on dry leased to other air carriers.

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