AI flight delayed again, passengers blamed

Mumbai: A fortnight after an Air India Mumbai-Toronto flight was delayed in Cairo during transit for 16 hours, allegedly as the cabin crew reported late, a Mumbai-Bangalore flight was delayed by around four hours on Saturday morning. This time, passengers are being blamed.
Sources said when transit passengers from an international destination boarded, several passengers already seated expressed anger at being delayed because of them. At this point, a fisticuff apparently broke out.
An AI spokesperson confirmed the plane had been delayed because of transit passengers coming into Mumbai from international destinations. “There were a lot of transit passengers and a lot of movement. When they boarded, some passengers took up the issue of the delay. There was no fight on board. When we explained why the delay had happened, the passengers allowed the plane to take off,” he said.
02/05/10 Indian Express

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