AI plane brushes against catering vehicle

An Air India plane from Mumbai with 168 passengers onboard suffered slight damage when one of its wings brushed against a parked catering vehicle at the airport here.
All the passengers onboard the Mumbai-Chennai AI570 flight are safe and the left wing of the aircraft sustained some scratches while it was being parked after landing, airport sources said.
The aircraft was on its way to the parking bay after landing at 9 AM when its wing touched the catering vehicle parked in the adjacent bay for loading food items onto a Jet Airways flight.
Air India engineers inspected the aircraft and certified it fit for return journey to Mumbai, the sources said.

Security and safety officials inquired into the incident and questioned the driver of the catering vehicle, which was allegedly not parked properly, leading to the mishap at the Kamaraj Domestic Terminus, the sources said.