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Narendra Modi visit delays flights, creates chaos in airport

Fliers moving out of Mumbai airport got the bitter taste of VIP movement on Thursday afternoon as eight flights were delayed due to the confusion over prime minister Narendra Modi's movement in the city. The flight delays lasted for several hours, including that of the Indigo airline flight which was delayed by about 3 hours and forty minutes.

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Belapur MLA Manda Mhatre with prime minister Narendra Modi at the city airport on Thursday
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Fliers moving out of Mumbai airport got the bitter taste of VIP movement on Thursday afternoon as eight flights were delayed due to the confusion over prime minister Narendra Modi's movement in the city. The flight delays lasted for several hours, including that of the Indigo airline flight which was delayed by about 3 hours and forty minutes.

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) source said that the delay led to chaos at the airport with passengers getting into arguments with the airline and airport staff.

Modi had arrived in the city around 10.30am in a defence aircraft to attending two functions in south Mumbai. To fly him within the city, a helicopter was used.

According to the airport sources, the helicopter was supposed to arrive at the airport at 12.15pm for Modi's onward journey to Banglore at 12.30pm in the defence aircraft. "However, there was some communication gap and we got no information of the helicopter's landing at the airport at the scheduled time," said a source.

As a result of this, the arrival and departure time of flights were pushed back. Aircraft flying in were made to hover around the sky. One of the flights was even diverted to Ahmedabad. Things got back to normal only after the helicopter arrived at 12.50 pm. The prime minister finally left at 1.10 pm, the sources added.

A Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) official confirmed that some delays during Modi's movement, but he refused to give details on the number of flights delayed.

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