Airline crewmembers put pyramids before passengers

The harried passengers had literally been stood up by an Air India airline crew in Cairo, for 16 hours on end -- all because the crew members wanted to see the great pyramids of Egypt.
Several international flights were disrupted or delayed over the past few weeks due to volcanic ash from Iceland clouding up European skies. Recently, an Air India flight, which was originally scheduled from Mumbai to Toronto, had to be diverted to Frankfurt via Cairo. However, on April 15, when the Boeing 777 landed at Cairo airport, fliers had little idea of what was in store for them.
After waiting for a few hours, the passengers initially thought there was a technical snag. However, they were surprised to note that the pilot was there in his seat, but the seven-member crew from Cairo that was supposed to board the flight was missing. To add to their shock, they learnt that the missing members were actually sight seeing, which was why they could not return in time for the flight's onward journey.
30/04/10 Vikas Mishra/MiD DAY

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Categories: Air India - International Apr 2010, Foreign Apr 2010, NACIL Apr 2010