Patel hints at strong action after delays ground Air India

New Delhi: The civil aviation ministry has taken a strong view of the unprecedented delays of Air India’s flights on Saturday. In fact, civil aviation minister Praful Patel has promised strong corrective action against those who were responsible for delays. At least five aircraft, scheduled for midnight, for destinations such as London, New York, Birmingham, Toronto, Dubai, Bangkok and Muscat were delayed by reportedly as much as 32 hours.
Air India has already ordered a probe into the circumstances that caused the delay.
Responsibilities would be fixed on Air India staffers who were on duty during the period when these flights were delayed, an Air India spokesperson said.
“The worst affected were AI-111 Delhi-London-New York flight and AI-841 Delhi-Abu Dhabi-Muscat flight. The New York-bound flight, scheduled to take off at 7:20 am on Saturday, was rescheduled for 12:40 pm on Sunday. Similarly, the flight headed for Muscat was to take off at 12:35 pm on Saturday left around 16 hours later,” the spokesperson added.
19/11/07 Financial Express

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