Morari Bapu among 168 stranded at airport

Ahmedabad: Spiritual leader Morari Bapu was among the 168 passengers who were stranded for nearly two hours at the city airport on Monday morning after a delay in arrival of a flight.
Airline officials said that the SpiceJet aircraft reportedly got delayed because of maintenance work on the runway. Officials at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport said that the Mumbai-Delhi flight via Ahmedabad (SG-106) was scheduled to depart from the city airport at 10am but actually arrived only at 11:50am from Mumbai. The flight eventually took off at 12:10pm, causing a delay of over two hours.
The delay left the passengers furious who complained that they were left unattended for a long time. They also alleged that the airline officials informed them about the delay 15 minutes before the scheduled departure.
22/03/11 Daily News & Analysis

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