Pune: A SpiceJet flight to the city from Kolkata was diverted to Mumbai for air traffic congestion on Friday morning, leaving several flyers on-board stranded in the aircraft and those booked on the return flight at Lohegaon airport.
The flight (SG274) took off from Kolkata for Pune at 8.52am. But its pilots diverted to Mumbai because of congestion. A spokesperson of the airline said, “The flight SG274 was diverted to Mumbai due to congestion in Pune.” The spokesperson did not respond to the query on the cause of the congestion.
The same flight, after reaching Pune, gets converted into SG275 and flies back to Kolkata at 11.40am. Many passengers were waiting for it in the city airport. The diverted flight finally came to the city around 3.15pm on Friday.
A Kolkata-bound passenger, while expressing frustration on Twitter, said, “Pune-bound SpiceJet flight from Kolkata not allowed to land in Pune for more than 70 minutes. It had to deviate and landed in Mumbai as it was running on low fuel. Passengers stranded now. Who’s to blame for this gross inconvenience?”
Rana Dutta, another passenger booked on the Kolkata-bound flight said, “Flight from Pune to Kolkata (SG275) is indefinitely delayed and there’s no communication. People are standing at the boarding gate for more than an hour now. The best response I got was the approaching flight is at 13000 feet!”
22/12/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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The flight (SG274) took off from Kolkata for Pune at 8.52am. But its pilots diverted to Mumbai because of congestion. A spokesperson of the airline said, “The flight SG274 was diverted to Mumbai due to congestion in Pune.” The spokesperson did not respond to the query on the cause of the congestion.
The same flight, after reaching Pune, gets converted into SG275 and flies back to Kolkata at 11.40am. Many passengers were waiting for it in the city airport. The diverted flight finally came to the city around 3.15pm on Friday.
A Kolkata-bound passenger, while expressing frustration on Twitter, said, “Pune-bound SpiceJet flight from Kolkata not allowed to land in Pune for more than 70 minutes. It had to deviate and landed in Mumbai as it was running on low fuel. Passengers stranded now. Who’s to blame for this gross inconvenience?”
Rana Dutta, another passenger booked on the Kolkata-bound flight said, “Flight from Pune to Kolkata (SG275) is indefinitely delayed and there’s no communication. People are standing at the boarding gate for more than an hour now. The best response I got was the approaching flight is at 13000 feet!”
22/12/18 Joy Sengupta/Times of India
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