Flight snag irks passengers

Tiruchy: An Indian Airlines flight from Sharjah developed a snag on Saturday at the Tiruchy airport but the passengers, who were proceeding to Thiruvananthapuram, refused to be off-loaded.
IA operates a service between Sharjah-Thiruvananthapuram- Tiruchy-Chennai. The flight arrived in Tiruchy in the early hours of Saturday.
Prior to take off at Sharjah airport, the aircraft developed a technical failure as a result of which the departure was delayed.
Since the authorities were particular about sticking to the time schedule in Chennai, the flight skipped Thiruvananthapuram and instead landed in Tiruchy. The plane arrived at Tiruchy around 3.10 am, an hour in advance. The airport authorities informed the passengers that the flight would touch Chennai first and then proceed to Thiruvananthapuram based on which about 45 passengers bound for the Kerala capital were seated inside the aircraft.
Later, the take-off to Chennai was announced. But by then, a further snag was detected following which all the passengers were asked to alight. Chennai-bound passengers were willing to abide by the instructions but the Thiruvananthapuram- bound passengers refused to comply with the request.
Subsequently, engineers from Chennai were rushed to set right the snag. Finally, the aircraft left by 11.30 am for Thiruvananthapuram.
12/10/08 Express Buzz

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