Drukair ATR 42-500 grounded for the sixth time

About 35 Drukair passengers were stranded for a night in Kolkata, India, on September 14 after their flight KB 211 was cancelled.
The flight that was scheduled for 12:30pm take off on Wednesday was able to do so only at 9:15am yesterday.
A 22-year old passenger said that after waiting for about two hours in Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International airport, Kolkata that afternoon, they were told that the flight was cancelled because the ATR 42-500 had technical failure.
The corporate employee said that when she went to inquire, Drukair officials in Kolkata said they could not provide more details besides there being some technical failure with the aircraft.
“We were kept in good hotels and our expenses were borne by Drukair but we could not make any communication because it was too expensive,” a passenger said.
However, Drukair’s chief executive officer, Tandin Jamso, said the aircraft could not make its flight because of maintenance and not technical problem.
“We do this all the time,” he said. But he did not explain why another aircraft was not substituted for the scheduled service when the aircraft was under maintenance.
Tandin Jamso also said that no passengers were grounded as another airbus was sent in place of the aircraft.
This was the sixth grounding of the aircraft in its less than four months service with Drukair.
16/09/11 Kuensel Online

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Categories: airports Sep 2011, Safety Sep 2011