New Delhi, July 20 -- Passengers of SpiceJet flight SG447, scheduled to depart from Darbhanga to Delhi on Saturday morning, were left stranded after the flight was cancelled due to a combination of technical issues and sunset restrictions at the airport.

According to sources, "The flight, originally set to depart around 11:40 am, was initially delayed due to technical reasons with the aircraft. The aircraft was unable to operate as planned. SpiceJet then arranged a replacement aircraft to carry the passengers to Delhi."

However, Darbhanga airport, which operates as a defence airport, enforces a strict sunset restriction on civil flight movements, the sources said.

Although the replacement aircraft eventually reached Darbhanga, it arriv...