An air hostess suffered serious injuries after falling off an Air India aircraft. From the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai, the plane was getting ready for departure for New Delhi, news agency PTI cited a source as saying on Monday. 

As per the airline source, the accident took place on Air India flight AI 864 operating on Mumbai-Delhi route.

Air hostess was closing the door for the pushback when she accidentally fell from the plane, the source said. The 53-year-old was admitted to Nanavati Hospital. 

Spokesperson of the airline was not immediately available for comments.