A SriLankan aircraft with 153 passengers on board could not take off from the airport in Thiruchi on Sunday due to technical reasons.

Flight UL-134 bound for Colombo left the bay after the passengers boarded the aircraft and came on to the runway for take off when some technical snag was noticed, sources said. So, the take off was aborted and the flight returned to the bay and the passengers were offloaded from the aircraft.

After technical personnel attended to the snag, the waiting passengers were asked to board the flight which left over three hours behind scheduled time of departure from Thiruchi.

(The Hindu)