AI flight delay hits Pune, Delhi passengers

Pune: A large number of Pune-bound passengers were held up for almost two-and-a-half hours at the Delhi airport on Sunday evening owing to a technical' problem in the aircraft of the Air India's (AI) Delhi-Pune flight IC-849. Consequently, the Delhi-bound return flight IC-850 also got delayed and was rescheduled for take-off from Pune at 9.10 pm.
AI operates an A-320 airbus, which has a seating capacity of 160-odd passengers, on the Delhi-Pune-Delhi route on a daily basis. The flight's official take-off time from Delhi is 4 pm and it lands at the Pune airport at 6 pm, before taking-off for the return journey at 6.40 pm. However, on Sunday, the Pune-bound passengers were able to board the flight at the Delhi airport only around 6.30 pm.
When contacted, an AI staffer at the Pune airport confirmed that the flight had taken off from Delhi around 6.30 pm. "Our airport manager Ashok Chandanshive is presently busy attending passengers," he said, adding, the Pune-Delhi flight would take-off at 9.10 pm.
29/11/10 Times of India

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