As many as 300 passengers of an Air India flight spent a large part of Independence Day stuck at Mumbai airport, after their flight was recalled for an emergency landing on Friday evening. Flight AI 965 was supposed to depart from Terminal 2 (T2) at 4.25 pm for Jeddah via Hyderabad. However, after a delay of about 35 minutes, it took off at 5.05 pm. But the 300 passengers onboard already frustrated with the delay had no way of knowing that the ordeal had just begun. After 45 minutes, when the aircraft was already halfway to Hyderabad, it was recalled to T2 at Mumbai, where an emergency landing had to be conducted at 5.50 pm. An announcement was made to inform passengers that a technical snag had occurred, and that they would be deplaned and transferred to another plane. The passengers waited while they were served refreshments and told that their luggage was being shifted. By the time they could disembark, it was 7.45 pm. Nearly five hours had passed before an alternate aircraft was arranged to carry the passengers to Hyderabad, departing at 9.22 pm.
16/08/14 Neha LM Tripathi/Mid Day
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