Mangalore: Hyderabad bound passengers on the Baroda-Mumbai- Hyderabad flight delayed the take off of the Mumbai-Mangalore flight by an hour at the Mumbai's Chartarpathi Shivaji Airport on Tuesday.
Passengers were agitated after the airlines decided to divert the Baroda-Mumbai-Hyderabad flight to Mangalore for operational reasons.
Eyewitness at the Mumbai airport told TOI: The 24 Hyderabad bound passengers got down from the plane and refused to exit the Gate A2, which was to be used by Mangalore bound passengers to board the flight.
Despite airline personnel requesting the passengers to allow Mangalore bound passengers to take the Gate A2 aerobridge, the passengers continued to protest and even arrival of CISF did not help matters.
04/12/12 Stanley Pinto/Times of India
