India B788 near Baku on Jul 10th 2016, dreamliner turns into steamliner

An Air India Boeing 787-800, registration VT-ANL performing flight AI-130 from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Mumbai (India) with 229 people on board, was enroute at FL340 over the Caspian Sea about 140nm south of Baku (Azerbaijan) when the crew decided to divert to Baku for medical reasons to take care of suffering passengers. The aircraft landed safely on Baku's runway 34 about 30 minutes later.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 39.5 hours, then continued the flight to Mumbai and reached the destination with a delay of 41 hours.

The airline, who had initially stated the aircraft diverted due to operational reasons as result of a minor technical issue, reported on Jul 12th that the cabin got very hot due to the failure of the recirculation fans of the air conditioning systems, which prevented the cooled air to get to the cabin.

The Aviation Herald