Another Boeing incident as Bangkok-bound Thai Lion Air plane grounded at Kolkata airport due to...

A Thai Lion Air plane scheduled to fly to Bangkok was grounded at the Kolkata airport in the early hours of Saturday after it developed technical issues, news agency PTI reported. The flight with 130 passengers and seven crew on board returned to the parking bay from the runway. The Boeing 737-800 aircraft landed at the Kolkata airport around 1:23 am with 151 passengers on board and was supposed to take off at 2:35 am for Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport (DMK).

Plane developed issue with flap
The aircraft developed a flap-related problem, following which it returned to the parking bay after pushback and subsequently the flight had to be cancelled. "Flaps are very important components of an aircraft. The flaps are extended during take off to produce lift for the aircraft. Similarly, they are extended during landing to create drag to slow down the aircraft," Sumanta Roy Choudhury, a retired captain who has worked with multiple airlines, told PTI. All the passengers were provided with hotel accommodation, an airline official said.

Incident affects another plane
The aircraft had to be grounded in Kolkata as the company engineer on board could not solve the technical problem. Two more engineers will be flown in on Saturday night from the airline's base in Bangkok and they will help in fixing the problem. As a result of this incident, a Qatar Airways plane from Doha to Kolkata got delayed for parking by 25 minutes, an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said.

(With inputs from PTI).