Technical snag delays 2 international flights
TNN | Feb 26, 2020, 04.38 AM IST
Trichy: Nearly 200 passengers were stranded at the Trichy Internation Airport after two outbound international flights developed technical snags early on Tuesday. Following the issue, the Kuala Lumpur-bound Air Asia and Dubai bound Air India Express were grounded at the airport.
The scheduled arrival time for Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur is 11.40 and it will return at 12.10 am. When the flight was about to take off as per the schedule with 127 passengers, the flight developed a technical snag.
After intimating the air traffic control room, a technical team started to rectify the snag. Though the team took hours to fix it, the problem remained unsolved. Then the service was cancelled and the passengers waiting at the airport were shifted to a private hotel. Later a technical team was called in from Kuala Lumpur and engaged in rectifying the fault.
Though it was declared that the plane would depart at 10.30 am on Tuesday, technical team kept resolving the issue, forcing passengers to remain at the hotel till the evening.
Airport sources said that the terminal officials have been intimated that the flight would take off at 4 pm. However, that too did not happen. According to officials, the flight may leave Trichy probably at 9 in the night, adding some passengers were accommodated with 8.55-morning flight while others were waiting.
In another development, the Air India Express from Dubai, which was supposed to arrive at Trichy at 12.10 am on Tuesday landed at Trichy airport at 4.10 am a 4 hours delay. The flight should have departed from here at 1 am. However, it took off at 5.20 am, airport sources said.
TNN | Feb 26, 2020, 04.38 AM IST
Trichy: Nearly 200 passengers were stranded at the Trichy Internation Airport after two outbound international flights developed technical snags early on Tuesday. Following the issue, the Kuala Lumpur-bound Air Asia and Dubai bound Air India Express were grounded at the airport.
The scheduled arrival time for Air Asia flight from Kuala Lumpur is 11.40 and it will return at 12.10 am. When the flight was about to take off as per the schedule with 127 passengers, the flight developed a technical snag.
After intimating the air traffic control room, a technical team started to rectify the snag. Though the team took hours to fix it, the problem remained unsolved. Then the service was cancelled and the passengers waiting at the airport were shifted to a private hotel. Later a technical team was called in from Kuala Lumpur and engaged in rectifying the fault.
Though it was declared that the plane would depart at 10.30 am on Tuesday, technical team kept resolving the issue, forcing passengers to remain at the hotel till the evening.
Airport sources said that the terminal officials have been intimated that the flight would take off at 4 pm. However, that too did not happen. According to officials, the flight may leave Trichy probably at 9 in the night, adding some passengers were accommodated with 8.55-morning flight while others were waiting.
In another development, the Air India Express from Dubai, which was supposed to arrive at Trichy at 12.10 am on Tuesday landed at Trichy airport at 4.10 am a 4 hours delay. The flight should have departed from here at 1 am. However, it took off at 5.20 am, airport sources said.
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