Jeddah: Some Hajis from the Indian state of Assam, who had been stranded at Jeddah’s airport for the last four days because of a technical snag in their flight, finally flew out Wednesday night.
Their flight was originally scheduled to depart from Jeddah on Sunday.
Earlier, the distraught pilgrims spoke to Arab News narrating their ordeal.
“We just need to know when we can fly so we can inform our families to receive us at the airport back home,” said Abdul Aleem Choudary, a pilgrim from Assam.
“We performed Haj without any hassle but this delayed departure due to technical issues is really frustrating,” said another pilgrim. He added that pilgrims’ luggage had already been sent to the cargo hold and they had no change of clothes.
The snag-hit flight, scheduled to arrive in Jeddah on Saturday, was grounded in Fujairah resulting in the delay, official sources told Arab News. The aircraft is part of the Air Asia fleet, an outsourcing agency of Air India for Haj flights.
“This is our third journey to the airport to board the flight to Goa,” said Mohammed Sabir before boarding the bus to the airport in Jeddah on Tuesday. He was due to travel last Saturday.
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Their flight was originally scheduled to depart from Jeddah on Sunday.
Earlier, the distraught pilgrims spoke to Arab News narrating their ordeal.
“We just need to know when we can fly so we can inform our families to receive us at the airport back home,” said Abdul Aleem Choudary, a pilgrim from Assam.
“We performed Haj without any hassle but this delayed departure due to technical issues is really frustrating,” said another pilgrim. He added that pilgrims’ luggage had already been sent to the cargo hold and they had no change of clothes.
The snag-hit flight, scheduled to arrive in Jeddah on Saturday, was grounded in Fujairah resulting in the delay, official sources told Arab News. The aircraft is part of the Air Asia fleet, an outsourcing agency of Air India for Haj flights.
“This is our third journey to the airport to board the flight to Goa,” said Mohammed Sabir before boarding the bus to the airport in Jeddah on Tuesday. He was due to travel last Saturday.
30/10/14 Arab News
