Pilot no-show delays Delhi-Chd flight by 6 hrs
Chandigarh, Dec. 1 -- Around 180 passengers were stranded for nearly six hours on Saturday night after IndiGo's Delhi-Chandigarh flight was delayed because the pilot assigned to operate it did not report for duty.
The incident triggered chaos at Delhi Airport's Terminal 1, with passengers confronting airline staff over the prolonged delay. Himachal Pradesh deputy CM Mukesh Agnihotri, who was among the affected passengers, took to social media to vent his frustration.
The IndiGo flight 6E 6448 was originally scheduled to depart Delhi at 8.20 pm. Passengers completed security checks and boarded the aircraft on time. However, the pilot was missing, and no information was provided for hours, leading to growing frustration.
According to Agnihotri, the airline rescheduled the departure three times. The 8.20 pm flight was first pushed to 9.50 pm. Later, due to the unavailability of a pilot, the departure was revised to 1.30 am. The aircraft finally took off at 2.10 am with a substitute pilot, nearly six hours behind schedule.
The flight, which normally lands at 9.20 pm, eventually reached Chandigarh at 3.19 am.
In a statement, IndiGo airline officials said alternative travel options were offered to affected passengers....
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