This Article is From Apr 09, 2013

Snag delays Delhi-bound Air India flight at Indore

Indore: A Delhi-bound Air India flight with 58 passengers onboard, including senior BJP leader Sumitra Mahajan, was delayed by four hours in Indore due to a snag, an airport official said today.

AI flight AI-635 from Mumbai was scheduled to take off for Delhi at 0745 hrs from the Ahilya Devi airport but it could not take off and all the passengers were removed from the aircraft after a snag was detected in the plane, Airport Director R N Shinde told PTI.

An aircraft from Hyderabad brought some parts of the plane following which it was made airworthy, Shinde said, adding, while Mahajan was adjusted in an IndiGo flight, some 32 passengers waited for four hours to board the same flight which took off at 1210 hours.

However, a few passengers opted for refund, he added.

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