Passengers protest on board as Port Blair flight returns to city

A GoAir flight to Port Blair from Chennai had to return to the city due to bad weather on Tuesday night. The passengers protested inside the flight for two hours saying if the flight had departed from Chennai on time it might have landed as per the schedule.

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Published:17th Dec, 2020 at 4:40 AM

Chennai

The flight was scheduled to depart at 2.15 pm with 170 passengers. However, it departed after a delay of one hour and there was no announcement on the delay. Airport sources said since there were heavy winds in Andamans after 5 pm the flight could not land in the runway and was waiting in the air for a long time for clearance. Later the flight made a U-turn to Chennai and landed at 9 pm.

After the flight landed in Chennai the passengers staged a sit-in protest inside the flight. They also alleged that airlines didn’t even provide food for them. The protest was called off only after airline officials held peace talks and allowed cancellation of tickets.

Meanwhile, the London-Hyderabad flight was diverted to the Chennai airport following bad weather on Wednesday.

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Passengers protest on board as Port Blair flight returns to city

A GoAir flight to Port Blair from Chennai had to return to the city due to bad weather on Tuesday night. The passengers protested inside the flight for two hours saying if the flight had departed from Chennai on time it might have landed as per the schedule.

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