Snag hits Akasa Air Pune-Bengaluru flight ahead of departure; airline deplanes passengers
Mumbai ( PTI): Akasa Air deplaned passengers from a Bengaluru-bound flight at the Pune airport on Tuesday morning due to a technical glitch in the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, according to a source.
The passengers were seated in the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for nearly one-and-a-half hours before they were deplaned, one of the passengers who was on the flight told PTI.
The flight was scheduled to depart from Pune at 8.50 am, and boarding had started around 8.10 am.
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"Akasa Air Bangalore-bound flight -- QP1312-- from Pune on January 13 is held up at Pune airport.
"Passengers had boarded the aircraft and the flight was getting ready for departure when some technical issue was reported in the aircraft at the last minute. Later, all the passengers were deplaned," the passenger said.
In a communication to the passengers, Akasa Air said the flight QIP 1312 was delayed due to operational reasons and added that the flight will now depart at 1.15 pm.
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Hyderabad man duped of ₹27 lakh in online trading scam
Hyderabad: A 38-year-old man from Hyderabad was cheated of over ₹27 lakh in an online stock market trading scam, police said.
The victim came across a trading-related advertisement on Facebook and contacted the persons behind it. The fraudsters posed as stock market traders and added him to a WhatsApp group where several people, claiming to be experts and assuring high profits and quick returns, convinced him to invest money.
“Initially, the victim was asked to download a mobile application called ADVPMA for trading. At first, he invested ₹10,000 and received profits. He thought it was a good idea to invest more money. Over time, he transferred a total of ₹27.05 lakh,” NDTV quoted the cybercrime DCP as saying.
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The application continued to show a balance of ₹81.69 lakh, including profits. However, when the victim attempted to withdraw the amount, the withdrawal option was blocked.
“The people running the WhatsApp group then demanded an additional ₹50 lakh, claiming it was needed for processing and taxes,” the cybercrime officer said.
Realising he had been cheated, the victim approached the Hyderabad police and lodged a complaint. A case has been registered and an investigation is under way.
Authorities have advised reporting such frauds immediately to the cybercrime helpline 1930 or through the official cybercrime portal.
