India News | Air India's Delhi-Vancouver Flight Faces Long Delay on Sunday

New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) An Air India flight from the national capital to Vancouver was delayed for over nine hours due to a technical issue on Sunday.

The flight AI 185, which was to take off at around 0530 hours, departed at about 1450 hours, according to data from flight tracking websites.

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In recent days, some ultra long haul flights of Air India have faced inordinate delays.

Earlier in the day, Air India's Vancouver flight from Delhi of June 1 departed at 0315 after a delay of nearly 22 hours.

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In a statement, an airline spokesperson said AI 185 scheduled to operate Delhi-Vancouver on June 2 was delayed because of a technical issue and departed this afternoon.

"Air India regrets the inconvenience caused to passengers due to the operational disruption," the spokesperson said.

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