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Air India engineers were working on the aircraft, a leased Boeing 777-200 ER (Extended Range) when the accident occurred, an Air India spokesperson said in Mumbai on Friday.
However, no one was injured, he said.
An alternative aircraft was made available to operate the flight (AI 717) which took off for Dubai at 1600 hrs more than an hour, he said.
This is the second incident involving an Air India aircraft within two days. On Thursday, a Mumbai-Chennai flight was delayed for more than four hours when its door was damaged after an aerobridge (passenger boarding bridge) slammed against it.

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MERGER OF UNIONS OF AIR INDIA WITH INDIAN AIRLINES IS ALSO REQUIRED. OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE CONSTANT EGO CLASH BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE UNIONS OF ERSTWHILE QAIR INDIA AND INDIAN AIRLINES.NEW UNION OFFICE BEARERS SHOULD BE ELECTED TAKING COMBINED STAFF STRENGTH OF TWO AIRLINES.
THE MERGER OF AIR INDIA WITH INDIAN AIRLINES CAN BE EFFECTIVE IF A NEW TEAM IS MADE TO RUN THE MERGED AIRLINES----OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE CONSTANT EGO CLASH BETWEEN TOP OFFICIALS OF ERSTWHILE AIR INDIA AND INDIAN AIRLINES.
after merger of ia with air india head office is in mumbai but top officials of indian airlines posted in mumbai in dec 2007 continue to be in delhi. even the office order of chairman mr tulsidas is violated.
The undersigned being a NRI for the last 14 Years is concerned on the continued poor show of AIR INDIA . After travelling with Air-India for the very first time just recently in Dec. 2007 on the same Dubai - Delhi - Mumbai Flight, I had to undergo a pathetic treatment by their local Airport staff incl. the Airport Manager and his immediate assistant who despite a 14 Hour delay in flight didn't have the courtsey to accomodate the pasengers at the airport incl. with small children , ladies
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