Passengers block plane to protest against flight delay

Chennai: Around 165 passengers of a Dubai-Kozhikode Air India Express flight, diverted to Chennai on Friday due to bad weather, were delayed for close to five hours here because the cockpit crew had to be changed. The flight finally left for Kozhikode at 1.30pm.
Some passengers who chose to remain in the aircraft, parked at bay 34, kicked up a row. A couple of them even allegedly attempted to block another Air India plane from taxiing because they were not getting a proper answer about when their flight would leave.
Acting airport director Ramgopal said, “Some of the passengers got out of the plane and went near another aircraft in the next bay. They apparently demanded that Air India take them to Kozhikode in that flight.”
Air India officials, however, denied that the passengers of the diverted flight tried to block another plane in the parking bay.
19/09/09 Times of India

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