Air India Express flight to Mangaluru from Dammam get delayed for two and a half hours
Made to wait inside flight without adequate arrangements, passengers alleged
Mangaluru: An Air India Express flight that was scheduled to take off from Dammam International Airport on Friday at 10.30 pm to Mangaluru, was delayed for over two and a half hour with passengers made to wait inside the flight after boarding.
The passengers who boarded the flight for a 10.30 pm take off had to wait till 12.30 am for the flight to actually take off. Several passengers complained about inadequate arrangements of basic necessities for them during the 150 minutes' delay.
The flight later arrived at Mangaluru International Airport at 7.30 am on Saturday.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati after the flight reached Mangaluru Airport, one of the passengers of the flight, Suhana, of Ullal added that the flight operator failed to arrange dinner for the passengers even as they were made to wait for more than two hours inside the flight at Dammam International Airport.
"We were not told why the flight was delayed or why it was not taking off. Despite asking the officials this question several times, nobody really had any answers" Suhana told Vartha Bharati.
Mangaluru Airport officials while reacting to the incident added that they had discussed the matter with their counterparts at Dammam International Airport.
"They told us there was no such delays reported. But we exactly don't know what are the problems going on at Dammam International Airport" they said.
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Congress MLC Abdul Jabbar suspended from primary membership of party
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Shivakumar, who is also Deputy Chief Minister, has stated in his order that the MLC is to be suspended with immediate effect.
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