Eighteen-hour ordeal for Jetlite passengers

New Delhi: It took Delhi Metro chief E Sreedharan, who has provided the city one of the fastest modes of transport, 18 hours to reach the national capital in a normally three-and-a-half hour flight from Kochi, due to fog.
Jetlite flight (S2-256) from Kochi, with Sreedharan and 100 other passengers, was scheduled to depart at 4.45 pm last evening but it took-off for Delhi around 6.30 pm after a delay of two hours and landed around 2.30 pm on Wednesday after the flight was diverted to Ahmedabad.
“As the plane reached Delhi around 11 pm on Tuesday night, the IGI airport was enveloped in dense fog and visibility had dropped to 50 metres. The pilot announced that the flight was being diverted to Ahmedabad,” said Ramesh Kumar, a passenger of the flight.
“After landing, the passengers had to wait for about an hour inside the aircraft.. ,” Kumar said, claiming that some passengers lost their baggages in the chaos. The airline provided accommodation to the passengers around 3 am after they protested, he claimed. Around 6 am, airline officials informed the passengers to be ready by 8 am on Wednesday.
“We boarded the flight around 10 am and it finally took off for Delhi around 11.30 am...” Kumar said.
28/01/10 Press Trust of India/Deccan Herald

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Categories: Airports Jan 2010, JetLite Jan 2010