Irate passengers of the Air India Express flight, who were accused by the pilot of an attempted hijack, have been given a heroes’ welcome by Indian expatriates on arrival in Dubai.
Three of the six passengers against whom the Indian police prepared cases returned to Dubai on Saturday. Among those who were present at the airport to welcome them were representatives of various Indian associations in the UAE apart from their friends and family members.
The passengers were greeted with bouquets and garlands.
“We went to welcome them since it was their protest that highlighted the plight of Gulf travellers especially on Air India flights to the whole country,” said Punnakkan Mohammad Ali, of Chiranthana Samskarika Vedi, a Dubai-based cultural
An emergency situation was declared at Trivandrum airport last Thursday when the Kochi-bound Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi landed at a different airport – in Trivandrum - delayed by several hours. Aggrieved passengers said they had to stage a protest after the crew refused to fly them back to Kochi. The pilot Captain Rupali Waghmare, sent out a false hijack alert that alerted all Indian airports and sensitive defence establishments after she feared that angry passengers were trying to storm into the cockpit.
30/10/12 Joseph George/Emirates 24|7
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Three of the six passengers against whom the Indian police prepared cases returned to Dubai on Saturday. Among those who were present at the airport to welcome them were representatives of various Indian associations in the UAE apart from their friends and family members.
The passengers were greeted with bouquets and garlands.
“We went to welcome them since it was their protest that highlighted the plight of Gulf travellers especially on Air India flights to the whole country,” said Punnakkan Mohammad Ali, of Chiranthana Samskarika Vedi, a Dubai-based cultural
An emergency situation was declared at Trivandrum airport last Thursday when the Kochi-bound Air India Express flight from Abu Dhabi landed at a different airport – in Trivandrum - delayed by several hours. Aggrieved passengers said they had to stage a protest after the crew refused to fly them back to Kochi. The pilot Captain Rupali Waghmare, sent out a false hijack alert that alerted all Indian airports and sensitive defence establishments after she feared that angry passengers were trying to storm into the cockpit.
30/10/12 Joseph George/Emirates 24|7
