Flight grounde dat Jaipur airport over tech snag

Jaipur: An Air India Express flight from Jaipur to Pune was grounded Sunday after maintenance teams discovered a technical issue during routine pre-flight checks. Departure was delayed by 40 minutes as passengers were shifted to another aircraft.Sources in the airline said flight IX-2712 arrived in Jaipur from Bengaluru Saturday night for a scheduled night halt.When preparations for its departure to Pune began Sunday morning, a technical inspection revealed a snag in the aircraft, leading the airline management to ground the aircraft. As the issue could not be immediately resolved, the airline arranged an alternate aircraft from Bengaluru to service the flight.Though the airline did not issue any official statement, sources said the flight finally departed for Pune at 1.20pm, instead of its scheduled departure time of 12:40 pm.On Wednesday, an IndiGo Airlines flight scheduled to depart Jaipur Airport for Navi Mumbai was also cancelled due to a technical glitch.