Dhoni stranded for hours at Sanganer

Jaipur: Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was stranded for hours at the Sanganer airport when his Jet Airlines flight enroute to Delhi got delayed due to bad weather on Monday. Dhoni was scheduled to board the Jet flight No. 373 at 2.15 in the afternoon. However, the flight was delayed for three hours due to a dense fog cover before it arrived at 5.15 pm. Meanwhile, he had changed his travel plans and booked a ticket on Spice Jet to Kolkatta.
"Dhoni was scheduled to fly for his home town Ranchi tomorrow morning from Delhi. However, when he learnt that fog may interrupt flights from Delhi on Tuesday. He decided to fly to Kolkatta so that he could reach his home on time," said an airport official. During his stay at the airport he was surrounded by his fans requesting for his autograph.
Meanwhile, half a dozen other flights got delayed for hours leaving hundreds of passengers stranded leading to chaos at the airport. "Most of the flights to Delhi got delayed due to bad weather. Some flights didn't take-off for the capital due to the low visibility," an airport official said.
Most of the passengers stranded at the airport were tourists. They alleged that airlines were not informing the passengers on the status of flights. This caused great inconvenience for them. Interestingly, the airport at Jaipur can accommodate only 300 passengers at a time. It was not prepared to handle any additional passengers traffic.
30/12/08 Times of India

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