Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (MS) 

Bengaluru, Mar 10: There was a delay of 4.5 hours of the flight that was bound for Mangaluru from the capital city. 

Though the flying time is just about 1.5 hours from Bengaluru to Mangaluru, the Air India flight did not take-off even after four hours. 

Passengers who were seated inside the aircraft for two hours alighted later. The crew of the flight was also aboard the plane.

The flight was to reach Mangaluru at 8 am from Kempegowda International Airport. However, it began its journey at 11.02 am and reached Mangaluru at 12.04 pm on Sunday. 

Ruman, a passenger took to X to express his anguish against Air India. As per his post the passengers were made to wait for 40 minutes at the entrance while boarding the flight. Two hours later they were alighted citing a technical snag in the flight.

Air India Express clarified that the flight was delayed due to some operational issues adding that it accords the highest priority to safety of its passengers.