Air India Boeing 777 Flight To Newark Makes Emergency Air Turnback To Mumbai Shortly After Takeoff Due To Technical Glitch

Air India Boeing 777 Flight AI 191 Bombay to Newark had to make an air turnback to Mumbai. A technical issue resulted in the Air India Boeing 777 Flight returning back to Mumbai. The flight had departed at 7.40 in evening, but it had to turn back to Mumbai minutes after  takeoff due to a technical issue.

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The Air India 191 Boeing 777 aircraft TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance System) failed mid-air. The pilots tried to reset the TCAS multiple times, but it did not work. The pilots did not find any mention of the TCAS' technical issue on the logsheet. The pilots then decided to descend the flight back to Mumbai at FL 280. During the air turn, the TCAS issue remained persistent. The Traffic Collision Avoidance System is responsible for preventing mid-air collision between aircraft by monitoring the airspace and by providing updates to the pilots.