Mumbai: Passengers of an IndiGo flight from town to Doha waited contained in the plane for greater than 4 hours on Sunday morning because it was delayed as a consequence of a technical challenge.
After a delay of almost 18 hours, the flight took off for the Qatar capital from Mumbai airport round 9:45 pm. It was initially scheduled to depart round four am, sources within the know stated.
Passengers have been contained in the plane for greater than 4 hours earlier than they deplaned, the sources added. Some passengers took to social media to complain in regards to the delay and their lengthy wait.
Within the morning, IndiGo stated its flight 6E 1303, working from Mumbai to Doha, was delayed as a consequence of a technical purpose.
“The plane tried to depart for its vacation spot a few occasions however needed to lastly be known as off because of the prolonged time lag on account of varied procedural delays,” the airline stated in an announcement.
Whereas apologising for the inconvenience, IndiGo stated its airport group instantly supplied help to the affected prospects and offered refreshments and mandatory preparations.
On Sunday morning, a passenger on X stated the flight was caught for 4 hours as a consequence of a technical downside and that the immigration authority was not giving permission to dump the passengers.
The airline additionally stated passengers have been being offered motels and rebooked in keeping with their closing vacation spot.
