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Mangaluru: Air India Express flight to Dubai delayed by 13 hours due to technical fault

  •   Wed, Jul 12 2023 09:49:14 AM

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Jul 12: Air India Express flight to Dubai from the international airport in the city was delayed by more than 13 hours due to technical fault.

The flight was scheduled to take off on Monday evening but finally left the airport on Tuesday afternoon. All the 161 passengers had to spend the night in the airport lounge itself.

Alternate flight was arranged from Thiruvananthapuram airport. It took off at 12.20 pm on Tuesday.


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As the delay was long, seven passengers of the flight went on other available flights. The passengers of the delayed flight had altercation with the officials of the airport.

 

 

 
  

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  • Prakashchandra Jain, Moodbidri

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Those who are yet to see an aircraft are here.

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  • Flavian, Mangalore/Kuwait

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    @ Shankar, Rightly said. Some people blame the delay and criticize as if ready to take a risk. what the captain do is for human safety to be cautious of likely encounters. God forbid.

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  • Anthony, Udupi

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Well, find it difficult to understand that most of the AI Express flights have last min technical problems. I too faced a 13 hours delay while flying Mangalore to Dubai in May. No prior intimation of the delay, the only feed back is technical glitch and resolution is "you may cancel your airticket and gain refund or wait till they arrange a flight. I already faced 4 situation of delay with AI this year while flying Dubai to mangalore or vise versa. These so called technical glitch is last min stories. This july while being in the queue to checkin in, one of the AI crew approaches me and some passengers to buy their priority check in, so I mentioned the person, "I can wait for 15 min in the queue have have the check in done, why dont you guys make sure the flight is on time and once that assurance and trust is there, you may sell other services :) .... bottom line, Jet airways is gone, spice jet is gone, now these ppl are looting us ..

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Passengers should understand that a flight can not take off in case a technical glitch is identified on preflight check up, until it is rectified and certified okay to fly by a senior engineer. How many of the passengers would be ready to fly the same aircraft with a glitch which has not been rectified?

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  • Rita, Germany

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Shanker mangalore ,sure we understand fully what you say.Other side AI is long time sick patient.It is not first time it happens.Other side passengers also have their rights.When flight is delayed for more than 6hours ,they ahve to give passengers meals and overnight resting facilities according to International rules.Passengers are not simply left somewhere in their destiny.Have to also give Compansation too.Did AI gave any food or sleeping facilities?Am sure it is not some technical fault.must be lack of enough passengers.It happend many times previously too.Even have to allow to travel in other flights if any available.

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  • Shankar, Mangaluru

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Eurowings and Lufthansa also have the same problems, but people adjust understanding the situation. Encountered such delay due to technical glitch in Lufthansa's base Frankfurt itself! Waited for 6 hours for a replacement flight!

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  • Vincent D'Souza, Belthangady

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    What is this technical fault / snag? Is the aircraft not certified before it enters the terminal?

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  • Merwyn Dsouza, Kalappu / Abu Dhabi

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    This is the same issue always with Air India Express I had a similar issues on New Year day this year Flight was scheduled for 12.40 in might and took off at morning 9 am

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  • Prashanth, Mulki

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    First of all it is very unfortunate for this incident. Moreover if the passengers are made to wait, why dont they provide alternative shelters. If the people are from nearby Mangalore, they can advise them the exact time so that they can return back to their homes and come back when everything is settled. If a flight is delayed and it is justified. Unfortunately if a passenger is delayed (either accident or some other issues) the flight will take off leaving the passenger although the passenger has a confirmed ticket. Even they dont call the passengers although the passengers have the confirmed tickets. Air India Express is called a budget flight but the fares are very high from Mangalore compared to other cities. Why we Mangaloreans have to suffer always. I had the same experience during my flight to Saudi. I used the Calicut Airport instead of Mangalore. Moreover there are no food served even for the long journey even though the prices are high. Lastly but sadly, we Mangaloreans are just proud to be a Hindu or a Muslim. Almost all the officers and other staffs are from other states in India and we rarely see Mangaloreans in these jobs. Are there no qualified persons to handle these jobs in Mangalore.

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  • Jossy Tauro, Mangalore

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Prashanth. You mentioned good point that our people are busy in fighting between religion .They don't care even our Mangalore sold to malayalis. Or Gujarathis .If you go any hospitals ,banks and airport in our district most of the office people from outside and we need to speack either their language or English .Our leaders only to bark

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  • Sreedevi, Mangalore

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    @Jossy this is because our Hon,ble MP of DK has said we must fight "Jiyad" rest is not necessary

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  • rahulraj, kadri

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    pls don't use the word "honourable".for politicians.why do Indians use that for politicians here...In US, its just we call trump or biden....and here its like shiri, shriman, sanmanya...omg!!!!..that too for a worst performing politicians...

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  • Surajj, mangalore

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Good Point raised Prashanth, very good, i don't know how many will understand this. But its true. in Mangalore all hospitals and collages filled by Malayali's still we use to laugh, we are digging our own grave. where all Mangalorean youth has gone? why we are not getting job. as far as your concern about the long delay its too bad on the part of AI, they are busy in by promoting Kannur and Trichy no one worries about Mangalore. why we dont have more flight from Bahrain, and Riyadh now even the private which was operating to Mangalore stopped only Indigo. these are called them self as Budget carrier. on which point these are Budget, we dont understand.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Wed, Jul 12 2023

    Amrut Kal ...

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