Mangaluru: Air India passengers wait for 10 hours as Abu Dhabi flight reports 'technical glitch'
Passengers were left waiting at Mangaluru International Airport overnight
Mangaluru: An Air India Flight that was to take off for Abu Dhabi from Mangaluru International Airport on Sunday night, left for its destination on Monday morning prompting a delay for nearly 10 hours. The passengers of the flight were also left waiting at the airport.
The Abu Dhabi bound flight was scheduled to take off at 8.45 pm on Sunday, but it vacated the passengers from the flight citing technical error in flight and the passengers were made to wait at the airport till Sunday morning.
The passengers expressed their dissent and complained that the airline did not arrange for any alternate option nor it arranged for the accommodation of the passengers. The flight left Mangaluru International Airport at 6.30 am on Monday after rectifying the technical glitch.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati Air india regional manager Sunil Bhat confirmed the incident and added “The flight was scheduled to take off at 8.45 pm last night but due to a technical glitch we had to hold it back. It took off for its destination at 6.30 am today morning”.
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Had a very good conversation with friend Modi: Trump
Washington (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Friday said he had a "very good conversation" with his "friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
He was referring to the talks the two leaders had on Tuesday.
"I had a very good talk with him, and he's a friend of mine from India, and he's doing great. We had a very good conversation," Trump told reporters here as he headed to Las Vegas to address a roundtable on tax cuts.
Trump had called Modi on Tuesday to discuss the bilateral relationship and share perspectives on the situation in West Asia, where the US and Israel have launched a war on Iran.
The US and Iran declared a two-week ceasefire on April 7. They engaged in peace talks with Washington, insisting that Tehran give up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and uranium enrichment.
The war with Iran has sent gas prices soaring as Tehran blocked the sea lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow gateway for a fifth of global oil supplies.
During the Trump-Modi phone call on Tuesday, the two leaders stressed the importance of keeping the Strait of Hormuz open and secure.
According to the US Ambassador to India Sergei Gor, the 40-minute conversation ended with Trump telling Modi, "we all love you".
Tuesday's phone call was the second between the two leaders since the US-Israel war with Iran began on February 28.
