AI flight delayed by 9 hours due to snag

Chennai: Passengers travelling from Mumbai to Chennai by Air India Express flight were put to hardship after the plane was delayed by nine hours. The flight which was scheduled to leave at 6 pm on Friday left around 3 am on Saturday.
Air India (AI) officials said shortly before the flight, IX-206, with 159 passengers was about to leave, the staff discovered a technical snag. As maintenance staff worked on rectifying the fault, the flight was rescheduled for 9pm.
Passengers who were waiting with the hope of leaving by 9pm had to put up with further delay caused due to flight duty time-limitation of the crew. The airlines got busy with the task of arranging a fresh set of crew members. This caused a a delay of another six hours. The flight finally left Mumbai for Chennai around 3am on Saturday.
30/05/10 Times of India

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