New Delhi: It was a "scary" experience for 122 passengers on board an Air India plane from Abu Dhabi when it landed at a Pakistani airport early this morning following a "false alarm" about hydraulic failure, and relief was writ large on their faces as they returned home this evening.
15-year-old Muskan Sharma, who was travelling alone from Toronto to Delhi via Abu Dhabi, said, "I was scared as to what may happen when we were told that our aircraft has developed some problem."
Sharma had a confirmed ticket from Toronto to Delhi on a direct Air India flight, which was cancelled, after which she was accommodated in this flight.
Narrating his experience, V Radhakrishnan (65) said they were told "not to move around, to fasten the seat belt and be prepared for anything" as the plane was making a landing in emergency conditions.
"Fortunately, nothing happened," he said. Stranded for around 12 hours at Nawabshah airport in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, the passengers and crew faced a hard time as they almost ran out of water and food.
09/07/12 PTI/Economic Times
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