Air India cancelled flight AI138 (Milan–Delhi) on October 17 due to a technical fault, leaving 256 passengers and 10 crew stranded ahead of Diwali. The carrier has scheduled a special repatriation rotation, AI138D, for October 19 and says affected travellers were offered hotel accommodation, meals and refunds or rebooking.
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256 passengers were left stranded after AI138's technical cancellation; the airline’s operation of a special repatriation rotation highlights immediate passenger‑recovery costs and operational disruption versus normal schedule recovery. See the recent 787 autopilot diversion for related Dreamliner reliability context.
Air India is still completing a post‑safety‑pause ramp‑up; fleet availability and maintenance throughput will directly affect its ability to absorb irregular operations and offer timely rebooking or repatriation options. Related context on the carrier's safety pause and schedule restoration.
Passenger disruption is amplified by airport and IT resilience demands; prior network outages at Mumbai show how system failures compound recovery complexity and cost.
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Air India cancels Milan–Delhi AI138 last‑minute, 256 passengers stranded amid Diwali travel chaos • travelandtourworld.com
