Jun 5, 2026 · 53 min · 12 segments
On this week’s episode of AvTalk, SAS’s India relaunch doesn’t quite make it to India. The first Airbus A350-100ULR for Qantas’ Project Sunrise takes to the skies. Boeing is advancing the 737 MAX…
Ian PetchenikHost
Jason RabinowitzHost
And apparently whatever went wrong, well, it's gonna take a while to fix because looking at this FlightRadar24 site, the flight for tomorrow is also canceled.
happened?So we don't know exactly what happened because of course SAS doesn't wanna point fingers if it wasn't their fault, and they don't wanna point fingers if it was their fault.
The flight took a four-hour departure delay and then was in the air, and SAS says they believed that the final clearances for the flight to Mumbai would be granted while the aircraft was in the air.
Anyone who's ever had to get a visa or anything to go to India or get your paperwork in order, you know that's a risky gamble.
And so that gamble did not pay off, and the aircraft turned over, or turned around over Azerbaijan, and returned to Copenhagen for a round trip of eight hours.
Apparently, whatever the issue was is still not resolved since, as I mentioned, that flight on the 4th is, is also canceled.
And apparently whatever went wrong, well, it's gonna take a while to fix because looking at this FlightRadar24 site, the flight for tomorrow is also canceled.
happened?So we don't know exactly what happened because of course SAS doesn't wanna point fingers if it wasn't their fault, and they don't wanna point fingers if it was their fault.
The flight took a four-hour departure delay and then was in the air, and SAS says they believed that the final clearances for the flight to Mumbai would be granted while the aircraft was in the air.
Anyone who's ever had to get a visa or anything to go to India or get your paperwork in order, you know that's a risky gamble.
And so that gamble did not pay off, and the aircraft turned over, or turned around over Azerbaijan, and returned to Copenhagen for a round trip of eight hours.
Apparently, whatever the issue was is still not resolved since, as I mentioned, that flight on the 4th is, is also canceled.
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