Air India flight to Kochi leaves Dubai after 33 hour delay
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- August 1, 2019 --
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Air India flight to Kochi leaves Dubai after 33 hour delay
Dubai: More than 200 passengers were holed up in a hotel for 33 hours on Sunday after their Air India flight from Dubai to Kochi was grounded due to engineering issues.
Flight AI934 was meant to depart at 1.30pm from Dubai on Saturday but didn’t leave until 10.30pm on Sunday. The Dreamliner aircraft eventually arrived in Kochi at 3.55am local time on Monday morning.
A spokesperson from Air India had told Gulf News: “There is an engineering issue we are trying to rectify. A full team of engineers has come in from India to rectify the issue. A revised departure time is subject to engineering clearance. All passengers have been taken to a hotel and are being taken care of,” the spokesperson added.
Passengers had been given a tentative departure time of 7.30pm on Sunday, but that remained subject to clearance.
“I’ve been staying in Dubai over 20 years and this is the first time I’ve experienced such a thing,” said one passenger Addhul Dafoor, who has missed his cousin’s wedding due to the inconvenience.
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