The airline gave them accommodation rather than make the passengers wait as the spare tyres were yet to be flown to Goa from other station.
Passengers of Air India’s (AI) Goa-Chennai flight got delayed on September 6 as the plane that was to carry them to Chennai had a tyre-burst.
The airline gave them accommodation rather than make them wait as the spare tyres were yet to be flown to Goa from other station.
On Tuesday, around 128 passengers of AI’s 917 Goa-Chennai flight had to wait for more than nine hours to take a 1.55 hours flight Chennai. Reason – the airlines Airbus 320 which was on its way to Goa from Kuwait and was to further take passengers to Chennai had a tyre burst after it landed at Dabolim airport.
“The plane landed at Dabolim runway at 8am when tyre number 3 and 4 on the left side(rear) burst. The pilot took the plane to a nearest taxiway and all the passengers were deplaned safely,” says an AI official.
There were 105 passengers on board the flight and out of them 68 were from Goa and 60 more were to take the plane to Chennai. “All passengers are safe and they have been taken care off,” said a spokesperson for AI.
As the airline had to transport spare tyres to Goa to replace those which had burst, the airline gave hotel accommodation to passengers rather than make them wait.
“We are getting spare tyres from other stations probably Delhi and fly them down to Goa with our engineers who will replace them. Passengers who were in transit as well as those who were to board the plane from Goa to Chennai have been given hotel accommodation,” she said.
However, AI was not sure till what time the tyres would reach Goa and till the time of going to the press there was no confirmation on when was the flight scheduled to leave for Chennai.
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