Air India Express passengers to Mangaluru left waiting for pilots at airport for more than six hours
The Dubai-Mangaluru flight was delayed for more than six hours
Dubai: An Air India Express flight to Mangaluru from Dubai was delayed by about six hours leaving passengers waiting for the flight to take off.
In a video sent to Vartha Bharati by an in-flight passenger, people can be seen taking the crew-members to task for the delay.
The passenger told Vartha Bharati that they were left waiting for the pilots who failed to turn up to the airport.
In the video, furious passengers took the staff of flight to task and threatened of protesting at the airport.
The passenger Riyaz Byari told Vartha Bharati, “The flight was scheduled for 11.40 pm to take off from Dubai but it is 5.30 am now but the flight is still here. The pilots have not turned up yet and all the passengers are left waiting for them. This is very irresponsible of the flight that such an incident has take place”.
“The flight is now scheduled to reach Mangaluru airport at 10.30 am against its actual schedule of reaching at 4.30 am.
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
