It wasn't a very Happy Dussehra for 154 Air India passengers with the national carrier cancelling their Delhi-bound flight without any prior intimation
It wasn't a very Happy Dussehra for 154 Air India passengers with the national carrier cancelling their Delhi-bound flight without any prior intimation.
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The cancellation of Air India's Delhi flight (AI 666), which takes off at around 4pm, was made during its Standard Time of Departure (STD). Initially, according to passengers, they weren't infomred of the reasons for the delay. It was later learnt that the flight was cancelled as the incoming aircraft that flies to Mumbai from Trivandrum as AI 668 (and lands Mumbai by 2.50pm) got grounded at its starting point.
An Air India aircraft prepares to land at the Mumbai international airport in 2010. Pic/AFP
An airport official said, “It was at around 4pm when the passengers were informed about the flight cancellation and they started to create nuisance. They not only questioned the airline staff for canceling the flight but also shouted slogans against them.
An airline official said that off the 154 passengers, 92 were accommodated in the next alternate available flights while the others choose to manage on their own.
The airline has shifted its entire domestic operations to the new international terminal on October 1, after which this was the fourth time in 22 days that the national carrier faced issues due to either technical issues or delay of incoming aircraft.
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