Nagpur-bound flight is delayed for 5 hours, flyers are fuming
An IndiGo flight to Nagpur was delayed by nearly five hours on Wednesday, much to the annoyance of the flyers.
The flight (6E-134) set off at 4:05 pm from Pune, five hours after its scheduled departure at 11:05 am. The delay had a cascading effect, with the same aircraft (Airbus A320 Neo) flying to Delhi at 1 pm. At 5.43 pm it departed.
Several Nagpur-bound flyers had taken their grievances to social media.
“Since then, no information regarding my flight and sitting at the airport. The airline should have been notified of such a delay. Will he be flying or canceling today? Please get back, “Passenger Hemang Parikh posted on Twitter.
When did the airline reply that for operational reasons the flight had been delayed, Parikh reported, “When are you going to inform? From the last 5 hours, there has been no clarity at the airport. Will that flight depart today from Nagpur? Tell it to atleast. A very sad state of affairs really, “he said.
Another passenger, Prasanna Patil, tweeted about how flyers were made to undergo security checks all over again and given last-minute fresh boarding passes.
In the evening, IndiGo was sent a detailed e-mail, but a response was awaited until the time to go to the press. One source said, “To be exact, there was a delay of four hours and 45 minutes. There was a technical problem but nothing related to the aircraft’s engine.
“The airline, while responding to passenger queries, said on Twitter that the flight had been delayed due to operational reasons.
