Mangaluru bound Air India Express flight from Dubai lands at Coimbatore Airport due to bad weather
180 passengers left waiting at Coimbatore Airport
Mangaluru: An Air India Express Flight heading towards Mangaluru International Airport from Dubai International Airport was forced to land at Coimbatore Airport due to bad weather conditions in Mangaluru.
The Air India Express IX 418 flight with 180 passengers onboard was scheduled to land at Mangaluru International Airport at 4.25 am but the flight landed at Coimbatore Airport at 5.am due to bad weather conditions.
The passengers have also complained about the being stranded at remote Coimbatore Airport without adequate arrangements of food and other necessities by the flight management. The passengers also added that women and kids on flight were suffering without arrangement of food.
The passengers expressed their anguish that about 180 passengers were stranded for more than 7 hours at the Coimbatore airport without proper facilities.
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DC beat PBKS by three wickets, keep playoff hopes alive
Dharamsala (PTI): Half-centuries from skipper Axar Patel and David Miller powered Delhi Capitals to a thrilling three-wicket win over Punjab Kings and kept their slim playoff hopes alive in the Indian Premier League here on Monday.
Sent in to bat, Priyansh Arya (56 off 33) and Prabhsimran Singh (18) shared 78 runs off 41 balls for the opening wicket for PBKS.
After their departure, Shreyas Iyer (59 not out off 36 balls) and Cooper Connolly (38 off 27) took responsibility to carry the innings forward as PBKS posted 210 for five.
In reply, DC slipped to 74 for four but Axar (56) and Miller (51) resurrected the chase, while Ashutosh Sharma and Madhav Tiwari completed the task, scoring 216 for seven in 19 overs.
Mitchell Starc (2/57) and Madhav (2/40) picked up two wickets each for DC.
For PBKS, Arshdeep Singh (2/21), Ben Dwarshuis (1/51) and Marcus Stoinis (1/44) were among the wicket-takers.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 210 for 5 in 20 overs (Shreyas Iyer 59 not out, Priyansh Arya 56; Madhav Tiawai 2/40).
Delhi Capitals: 219 for 7 in 19 overs (Axar Patel 56, David Miller 51; Arshdeep Singh 2/21)
