Ahmedabad: Most part of New Year Eve was spent shuffling around at the Ahmedabad airport for some 79 passengers travelling to Jodhpur via SpiceJet flight SG-2976, as their flight got delayed and later cancelled. Passengers said that the flight was scheduled to take-off from the city airport at 10.40am however, there were a series of announcements of delay which pushed the flight’s take-off time to around 3pm.
Airports Authority of India (AAI) confirmed that the flight took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport at 3.09 pm, only to return to the city airport within minutes.
Narrating the incident, Manish Mehta (name changed), a traveller, said, "The flight did not take off till 11am, by when we were informed that the flight would take-off by 1pm. By then we learnt that the flight would take-off at 3pm. However, immediately after take-off, the flight had to return to the city airport due to some technical snag.”
AAI officials confirmed that the aircraft had suffered a technical snag due to which it had to return immediately after take-off. “At time 3.15pm while at 15,000 ft above ground, the pilot informed Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) that the aircraft had pressurization failure. In view of the safety of passengers and aircraft, ATC immediately facilitated priority landing of the aircraft. The flight landed at Ahmedabad at time 3.29pm safely,” said a statement issued by AAI officials.
31/12/18 Niyati Parikh/Times of India
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Airports Authority of India (AAI) confirmed that the flight took off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport at 3.09 pm, only to return to the city airport within minutes.
Narrating the incident, Manish Mehta (name changed), a traveller, said, "The flight did not take off till 11am, by when we were informed that the flight would take-off by 1pm. By then we learnt that the flight would take-off at 3pm. However, immediately after take-off, the flight had to return to the city airport due to some technical snag.”
AAI officials confirmed that the aircraft had suffered a technical snag due to which it had to return immediately after take-off. “At time 3.15pm while at 15,000 ft above ground, the pilot informed Ahmedabad Air Traffic Control (ATC) that the aircraft had pressurization failure. In view of the safety of passengers and aircraft, ATC immediately facilitated priority landing of the aircraft. The flight landed at Ahmedabad at time 3.29pm safely,” said a statement issued by AAI officials.
31/12/18 Niyati Parikh/Times of India
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