Over 100 New Delhi-bound passengers of an Air India flight have been stranded in Thailand’s Phuket for over 80 hours now after a number of delays on account of technical faults, in keeping with a number of posts put out by passengers on social media.
According to the passengers, the flight was scheduled to take off for Delhi on the night time of November 16. But the airline’s representatives knowledgeable the passengers of a six-hour delay on account of a technical fault. The passengers allege that after being made to attend for hours on the airport, they have been requested to board the aircraft, solely to be deboarded an hour later. The flight was cancelled.
The passengers included aged and kids. The subsequent the aircraft was prepped for a flight. The passengers say they have been informed that it was the identical aircraft, however the fault had been fastened. The aircraft took off and about two-and-a-half hours after take-off, it landed again at Phuket and the passengers have been once more informed that there was a technical fault. Since then, the passengers have been caught at Phuket.
The aircraft’s trajectory, as captured by monitoring app FlightRadar, reveals its two-hour flight earlier than it returned to Phhuket.
Social media posts allege that passengers aren’t getting any passable response from airline representatives.
Air India sources have mentioned the aircraft was not flown on November 16 on account of obligation time limitations. “On November 17, after the aircraft was flown, a technical subject emerged and we needed to go for an emergency touchdown,” a supply mentioned.
The airline supply mentioned the passengers have been supplied with lodging. “We will reimburse the passengers. Several passengers have been despatched again. About 40 are nonetheless in Phuket, they might be despatched again this night.”