Passengers stranded at Sharjah and Dubai airports

Dubai & Sharjah: Many passengers were stranded at Sharjah and Dubai airports yesterday following delay of two Air India Express flights - IX-368 bound for Calicut from Sharjah and IX-312 also for Calicut from Dubai.
The delay of IX-368 on Tuesday night in Sharjah, according to an Air India Express official, was caused by a snag in the aircraft while the Dubai-Calicut flight yesterday afternoon was delayed because of an operational hiccup.
Security personnel were called in after some passengers of IX-368 entered into heated arguments with the airline officials at Sharjah airport, an eyewitness said.
The trouble began after the airline official announced that the flight would take off only after the snag had been rectified, one of the stranded passenger told Khaleej Times. He, however, said the airline did offer hotel accomodation in separate hotels, but the passengers refused, saying they all wanted to be put up in one hotel only.
“So the passengers decided to stay at the airport instead of accepting our offer,” Air India official Jaishree Ramchandran said, adding that the airline had served them food and beverages at the airport.
The Calicut-bound flight IX-312 scheduled to leave from Dubai at 12.30pm yesterday was delayed because of Sharjah flight, the Air India Express official said.
12/07/07 Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates

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