Sick pilot delays flight by 8 hrs

Lucknow: A day after a pilot of an Air India flight, plying between Lucknow and New Delhi, reported a snag in its engine and aborted the take off, passengers of an international flight got stranded at Amausi Airport on Sunday, after the pilot reportedly refused to fly the aircraft citing sickness.
Flight SX 881 of Saudi Arabian Airlines with 284 passengers on board was supposed to leave the Amausi Airport at about 9.40am to Jeddah. However, the pilot reported uneasiness and refused to fly. While airport authorities refused to say anything officially, they admitted that one of the international flights did get delayed.
The pilot was later taken to the hospital.
It was only eight hours later, at around 6.30pm, that the second pilot flew the aircraft to its destination.
23/08/10 Times of India

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: airports aug 2010, Foreign Aug 2010