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Technical glitch led to 14-hour delay of Kolkata-Delhi flight : Air India

| | Mar 21, 2016, at 07:06 pm
New Delhi, Mar 21 (IBNS) National aviation carrier Air India on Monday responded on the 14-hour delay of Kolkata-New Delhi AI 701 by attributing the delay to a technical glitch in the first aircraft.

Air India issued a statement on Monday claiming that it provided hotel accommodation to stranded passengers,who were later accommodated in another flight on Mondaymorning.

All the passengers were deplaned at 10 pm on Sunday and were transported to the terminal where, according to some passengers, there was no Air India official to attend them. Agitated passengers protested for two hours against the apathy of the airlines.

Air India 701 finally landed in Delhi at 8:55 am on Monday morning, close to 14 hours after its scheduled arrival.

 Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit, who was also aboard the flight, was shifted onto a different plane and flew to Delhi along with 50 other passengers on Sundayevening itself.

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