2 MPs protest at Delhi airport after missing their flight

New Delhi: Two JD(U) MPs sat on a dharna at Terminal 3 of IGI Airport in New Delhi after the aircraft in which they were to fly to Patna took off without taking them.
The MPs, Sushil Kumar Singh and Kaushalendra Singh, sat on the dharna after Air India flight IC-415 flew to Patna without taking them on board, airport sources said.
Though they checked in at the airline counter and took their boarding passes, they did not turn up at the boarding gate despite repeated announcements calling out to them, the sources said.The doors of the plane were closed ten minutes before the scheduled departure time and the airline decided to leave the duo behind, they said.
However, as there were no scheduled flights for Patna on Thursday, the national carrier accommodated them in a flight scheduled for Friday.
18/02/11 Press Trust of India/NDTV.com

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Categories: Airports Feb 2011