Devotees have harrowing time at Mumbai domestic airport

Mumbai: A dozen devotees of Sathya Sai Baba, wanting to go to Puttaparthi, alleged that they were put through a harrowing time at the domestic airport on Sunday, when they were prevented from boarding a Kingfisher flight scheduled to depart at 6.50 pm.
The passengers say they were not accommodated on the flight even though they had reached well before an hour of the scheduled departure.
“We were in the queue but it just wasn’t moving. Then, five minutes before scheduled take-off, we were told that we couldn’t board the flight as it was ready to take off,” said an exasperated Dr Aniruddh Ambekar, who runs Lifeline Medicare Hospital at Goregaon.
“We were upset as we wanted to fly to Puttaparthi as soon as possible. I shut my clinic and made arrangements for my patients. Now I am told I cannot go. This is unprofessional of the airline,” said Dr Ambekar.
“When we demanded alternative arrangements, they initially asked us to come to the airport after 12 hours,” said Dr Shilpa Ambekar of Bombay Hospital.
25/04/11 Geeta Desai/Mumbai Mirror

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Categories: Airports Apr 2011, Kingfisher Apr 2011