Cancelled flight forces minister to spend night at airport

Nagpur: Almost 90 Pune-bound passengers of Indigo Airlines' Delhi-Nagpur-Pune flight, including minister of state for home Ramesh Bagve, had to face hardship after the flight was cancelled after being delayed for over four hours on Tuesday evening.
Bagve, who is guardian minister for Chandrapur, spent the entire night in the VIP lounge at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport.
One of the passengers on the flight, Rakesh Anand, said that when he was about to get a boarding pass, the airlines official informed them that the flight had been delayed an hour due to fog at Delhi airport, and would depart at 10.30pm. However, airline staffers later informed that the flight had been delayed further and would depart at 11.30pm. Another half an hour later, the staffers announced that the flight would depart at 12.30am. Rakesh said after a series of announcements, the airline staffers finally said the flight had been cancelled, leaving nearly 90 passengers in the lurch.
28/01/10 Times of India

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