Stranded, Air India flight takes off after 16 hours

New Delhi: An Air India flight to Jeddah finally took off after being delayed for 16 hours.
Among the passengers were people who feared that their work visa may expire if they didn't reach the countries of their work by the prescribed dates.
These passengers were at the limit of their patience. Some of them even swore that they will never ever fly the airline ever again.
Air India flight AI 891 to Jeddah was delayed thrice on Saturday and recheduled for the next morning.
This time it was not the fog to blame but operational reasons.
The Air India authorities on their part have assured the passengers that they could sort out some of their problems.
Manju Puri, Assistant Manager of Air India Passenger Sales said, "Air India is talking to Jeddah and will make sure people whose visas have expired will get entry."
Some passengers complained that Air India had not informed them about the delay in flights till very late.
14/12/08 Devashree Mahajan/CNN-IBN

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