Even before the dust settled on the hijack drama at the Trivandrum International Airport on Friday, Air India tried to take the passengers of its budget airline flight from Bahrain to Calicut for a ride on Saturday.
The trouble started after the passengers were asked to go to Calicut by road following the diversion of the Air India Express flight to Cochin International Airport following bad weather conditions at Calicut. The departure of the flight from Bahrain was also delayed by two hours.
As in Trivandrum, the pilot refused to continue the flight when the weather conditions improved at Calicut, saying his duty time was over. The irate passengers refused to move out of the airport and staged protests on the runway.
When the protests mounted, the airline brought a new pilot and operated the flight to its original destination after about five hours. The passengers, who included several women and children, complained that the airline had not provided them even water after the flight landed at Cochin at 6.30am.
21/10/12 T K Devasia/Khaleej Times
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The trouble started after the passengers were asked to go to Calicut by road following the diversion of the Air India Express flight to Cochin International Airport following bad weather conditions at Calicut. The departure of the flight from Bahrain was also delayed by two hours.
As in Trivandrum, the pilot refused to continue the flight when the weather conditions improved at Calicut, saying his duty time was over. The irate passengers refused to move out of the airport and staged protests on the runway.
When the protests mounted, the airline brought a new pilot and operated the flight to its original destination after about five hours. The passengers, who included several women and children, complained that the airline had not provided them even water after the flight landed at Cochin at 6.30am.
21/10/12 T K Devasia/Khaleej Times
