Lucknow: Hundreds of Jeddah-bound passengers from Lucknow got stranded at Amausi airport on Saturday after a Saudi Arabia airline flight developed a snag. The flight, SV-891 was supposed to fly on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday with some 200 passengers and six crew members.
According to Lucknow airport authorities, engineers detected a snag in the aircraft's engine during a pre-take off examination exercise at around 5.30 pm. Airline officials refused to say anything about the technical fault.
There was no official confirmation as to when the flight would finally take off. Airport authorities said that while an alternate flight has been called for, arrangements to replace the damaged spare part is being made. Officials said that the spare part may have to be imported.
31/03/13 Times of India
