Air India Delhi-Bengaluru flight suffers tail strike during landing, probe begins

Key points

• An Air India flight from Delhi to Bengaluru suffered a tail-strike incident during landing at Bengaluru airport on Wednesday, the airline said.
• Flight AI2651, operating from Delhi to Bengaluru on May 21, experienced the incident while landing.
• Air India said the aircraft landed safely and all passengers and crew disembarked normally.
• The aircraft AI2651 is an Airbus A321 narrow-body aircraft.
• Sources said the incident happened when another wide-body aircraft had just taken off when the Air India flight was approaching for landing, creating wake turbulence.