Thiruvananthapuram : Lashing out at Air India over the recent hijack alarm incident at the airport here, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said what had happened could only be seen as "sheer cruelty" by the airline authorities towards passengers from the state.
"The hapless passengers were even dubbed as hijackers. This is sheer cruelty. This is unfortunate. This is deplorable and we express strong protest over it," he told reporters after a cabinet meeting here.
He said the government was "really tired" of taking up issues repeatedly with Air India with no positive response and that was the basic reason which prompted it to float Air Kerala as a state-sponsored carrier, mainly to serve non-resident Keralites working in Gulf countries.
When his attention was drawn to the reluctance of Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to fault Air India for the airport drama, Chandy said, "He might not have understood things clearly."
22/10/12 PTI/Business Standard
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"The hapless passengers were even dubbed as hijackers. This is sheer cruelty. This is unfortunate. This is deplorable and we express strong protest over it," he told reporters after a cabinet meeting here.
He said the government was "really tired" of taking up issues repeatedly with Air India with no positive response and that was the basic reason which prompted it to float Air Kerala as a state-sponsored carrier, mainly to serve non-resident Keralites working in Gulf countries.
When his attention was drawn to the reluctance of Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh to fault Air India for the airport drama, Chandy said, "He might not have understood things clearly."
22/10/12 PTI/Business Standard
