Chaos prevailed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Friday, as close to ten flights from the city were delayed during the day.
Chaos prevailed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Friday, as close to ten flights from the city were delayed during the day. Chaotic scenes were witnessed at the airport as passengers of the delayed flights created a ruckus at the airport.
According to airport officials, flights to several destinations from the city were delayed due to various reasons. SpiceJet flight SG 104, going from Ahmedabad to Delhi, scheduled to take off at 7.00 am, took off at 11.20 am after a four-hour delay due to a technical fault in the aircraft.
More than 100 passengers, seated in the plane from 6:30 am, were deplaned after 8:00 am, and had to spend almost three hours at the airport. The flight finally took off at 11:20 am, and landed at Delhi by 12:45 pm.
In another incident, Indian Airlines’ IC 982 flight to Hyderabad was also delayed by several hours due to a technical fault in the aircraft. The flight was slated to leave at 7:50 in the morning, but was yet to take off till 3:00 in the afternoon.
Disgruntled passengers demanded alternative arrangements for their travel. Airline sources said that some passengers were accommodated on other flights. The aircraft was being inspected by engineers, and efforts were being made to make the flight, sources said. Meanwhile, hundreds of other flyers were also stuck at the airport due to flight delays.
Officials said that while at least seven to eight other flights from Ahmedabad were delayed, many incoming flights were also running behind schedule. Sources said that bad weather at some places added to the delays. Delays in arrivals, which led to delayed departures, also compounded the woes of the passengers. These included three flights of IndiGo Airlines, and one flight each of SpiceJet, Kingfisher, Jet Airways and GoAir. However, CISF officials said that no untoward incident had taken place at the airport.
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