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IndiGo passengers ‘forced’ to sit in stranded flight: DGCA to probe

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Face of Nation : Aviation regulator DGCA will probe the alleged incident of funds service IndiGo forcing the passengers of its Jaipur-bound flight to take a seat within the stranded plane at Mumbai Airport on Wednesday evening, a prime official supply mentioned.

IndiGo’s operations on the metropolis airport had been hit onerous with the service cancelling many flights on Wednesday following incessant rains within the metropolis. Of round 20 flights that had been cancelled, most had been of IndiGo.

“My IndiGo flight was scheduled to take off for Jaipur at 7.55 pm Wednesday night. It took off at 6 am today and landed in Jaipur at 8 am. I boarded the flight around midnight but all passengers remained seated in the aircraft till departure this morning,” a passenger instructed.“We will conduct inquiry,” a prime official of the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation mentioned on Thursday when requested in regards to the alleged incident. The response to a question despatched to IndiGo in regards to the incident, in addition to in regards to the variety of flights it cancelled on Wednesday and Thursday, was awaited.