Passengers protest as Dubai-bound flight leaves in advance

Kozhikode: Irked over timings of a Dubai-bound Air India Express flight being advanced, passengers went on a protest at Karipur international terminal here today.
Airport sources said the timing of flight 311, originally scheduled to depart at 10.30 am, was advanced by four hours and the passengers were informed about the revised schedule in time.
However, a section of the passengers claimed that they were not intimated about the change by the Air India office although they had given their contact telephone numbers.
Fortynine passengers were reportedly left stranded at the airport following the incident, they said. Meanwhile, the agitated passengers were pacified by Air India officials who assured them that they would be accommodated in different flights by evening to their destinations.
26/08/07 PTI/The Hindu

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