Mumbai: Around 300 Jet Airways passengers, who were stranded for nearly 22 hours after a London-bound plane was grounded due to a technical glitch, finally left for for their destination this morning.
"The stranded flight took off at around 11.45 AM today after a long delay of 22 hours. The airline today operated it as a special flight 9W 118 with an Airbus 330," sources told PTI in Mumbai.
The London flight was grounded due to technical issues, Jet Airways spokesperson had said in a statement on Friday, adding that the airline will be operating a special flight on Saturday morning to London Heathrow.
The flight 9W 118 was scheduled to leave for London's Heathrow Airport on Friday at 12.45 PM but Jet Airways grounded the aircraft, citing "technical" reasons.
"We were told that the flight will depart at 6 PM since the airline had arranged another aircraft, but later we were informed that this aircraft too was grounded due to a technical glitch and passengers would fly only at 1.30 AM in the morning," a stranded Jet Airways passenger said last night.
16/08/14 PTI/NDTV
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"The stranded flight took off at around 11.45 AM today after a long delay of 22 hours. The airline today operated it as a special flight 9W 118 with an Airbus 330," sources told PTI in Mumbai.
The London flight was grounded due to technical issues, Jet Airways spokesperson had said in a statement on Friday, adding that the airline will be operating a special flight on Saturday morning to London Heathrow.
The flight 9W 118 was scheduled to leave for London's Heathrow Airport on Friday at 12.45 PM but Jet Airways grounded the aircraft, citing "technical" reasons.
"We were told that the flight will depart at 6 PM since the airline had arranged another aircraft, but later we were informed that this aircraft too was grounded due to a technical glitch and passengers would fly only at 1.30 AM in the morning," a stranded Jet Airways passenger said last night.
16/08/14 PTI/NDTV
