Air India pilot says 'duty hour over', grounds flight in Jaipur


Jaipur, Jun 26: The passengers, who were onboard had to wait for six hours, and were finally sent to Delhi by road.

Due to bad weather in Delhi, three international and two domestic flights were diverted to Jaipur on Sunday. These included two flights of Air India, two of SpiceJet and one of Gulf Stream.

Air India flight AI-112 was scheduled to reach Delhi at 6:00 a.m. from London. The flight was diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather. 

The second Air India flight to be diverted was going from Dubai to Delhi. 

The Gulf Stream flight was going from Bahrain to Delhi. While one flight of SpiceJet was going from Pune while the other was going from Guwahati to Delhi.

The passengers of this Air India flight tweeted Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and MP Rajyavardhan Rathore.

After this, Air India replied and promised a solution soon. However, despite this, people had to suffer for more than six hours.

Later Air India sent some passengers to Delhi by Volvo bus and some by cabs.

Food and other facilities were provided to them by the airport authority.

 

  

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  • Indian, Sharjah

    Mon, Jun 26 2023

    Nothing wrong in this. There are strict IATA guidelines on duty hours of pilots and cabin crew, which can not be exceeded due to the passengers safety issue.

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  • Rita, Germany

    Mon, Jun 26 2023

    Learn a lesson out of this.Which airline is available now in India:Which airline is available now in India?

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  • Harry, udupi dist

    Mon, Jun 26 2023

    we cannot judge act of pilot, there will be rules and regulation of pilot flying hours, if at all he take to delhi then he may be at risk of taking addional non approved flying hours.

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Mon, Jun 26 2023

    may be belonging to clan of hedi savarkar...could not put more effort to serve the passengers...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Mon, Jun 26 2023

    I was made to wait at Delhi Airport for 8 hours because the Air India Pilot arrived late ...

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  • Jerome D'Souza, Mumbai

    Mon, Jun 26 2023

    Government employed pilot due to retire acts funny! Tata is the disciplined Boss now and will take care of him!!! Good to see Government in governance and commerce in business.

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