Delhi: Air India passengers stranded at International Airport for eight hours
Delhi: Air India passengers stranded at International Airport for eight hours Air India passengers who were travelling from Delhi to Tokyo were stranded at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport for eight hours due to a technical glitch. An Air India official cited technical glitch in the aircraft and Flight and Duty Time Limitations as the reasons for the delay. “Yes, it is true that AI 306 was delayed and took off around 5 am for Tokyo on Saturday morning. First, we got glitches in the aircraft, after that we grounded the scheduled aircraft and made arrangement of another aircraft for same operation. Due to change of aircraft we need to change our crew as per the FDTL rule,” said the Air India official. The Tokyo-bound flight AI 306 was scheduled to depart at 9.15 pm on Friday but finally took off at 5 am on Saturday. -PTC News
