Airline gets Sharjah bridegroom to wedding after flight grounded

A Sharjah bridegroom had lost all hope of reaching his wedding on time this morning after yesterday's Air India Express Calicut flight IX 354 was cancelled due to "technical" snags.
But the airline managed to find him accommodation on an alternative flight to ensure he met his wife-to-be in time for their nuptials in Kerala.
Despite the temporary stress, he was the lucky one as about 235 passengers who boarded an Air India Express Flight from Sharjah to Calicut on Wednesday night are still waiting at a Sharjah Hotel [3.30pm Thursday] awaiting their next flight which official said may take off anytime now.
The passengers are fuming over the last minute flight cancellation after they had checked in their luggage and boarded the flight.
While less than ten passengers were accommodated in other flights, all the remaining passengers are still stranded in Sharjah.
Says Riyas Rahman, a passenger of the cancelled Air India Express Calicut flight IX 354, who was flying with his wife: “We were inside the aircraft and the pilot announced that the flight would take off soon. As we were settleing in, there was another announcement that the flight will not take off due to technical snags. We have spent the whole night at the airport and after 4am we were shifted to a hotel in Sharjah.”
17/02/11 VM Sathish/Emirates 24/7

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