Jeddah: After a long wait of 49 hours, 235 Indian pilgrims bound for Kolkata on Air India Flight AI 5008 finally boarded the craft at around 8.00 p.m. on Sunday.
Passengers, who were scheduled to have departed at 7.40 p.m. on Friday, told Saudi Gazette that they were shifted from their hotel to the Haj Terminal in Jeddah on Sunday afternoon.
However, another 470 pilgrims also bound for Kolkata are stuck here as their flights — AI 5018 and AI 5020 — are delayed.
Other Air India flights bound for Mangalore and Srinagar, however, departed with little delays.
Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak told Saudi Gazette that Air India is trying to stabilize the situation.
“They are bringing a bigger aircraft tomorrow (Monday) and by day after tomorrow the situation will normalize,” he said.
13/10/14 Saudi Gazette
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Passengers, who were scheduled to have departed at 7.40 p.m. on Friday, told Saudi Gazette that they were shifted from their hotel to the Haj Terminal in Jeddah on Sunday afternoon.
However, another 470 pilgrims also bound for Kolkata are stuck here as their flights — AI 5018 and AI 5020 — are delayed.
Other Air India flights bound for Mangalore and Srinagar, however, departed with little delays.
Indian Consul General B.S. Mubarak told Saudi Gazette that Air India is trying to stabilize the situation.
“They are bringing a bigger aircraft tomorrow (Monday) and by day after tomorrow the situation will normalize,” he said.
13/10/14 Saudi Gazette
