Panaji: In a terrible experience for Spicejet passengers to Mumbai, two planes suffered a technical barrier at a short distance of 10 hours at Goa International Airport.
The incident left more than 100 passengers stranded and caused cascading delays for private airlines.
Spicejet finally accommodates passengers on other flight schedules later in the afternoon, but not before the IRATAT passengers protest at the departure terminal.
The incident began in early Saturday when the SG476 flight will leave for Mumbai at 5:25 a.m.
After the passengers boarded the plane and the flight was cleaned for take-off, the pilot detected Snag and aircraft, Boeing 737-85R, was brought back to apron.
The passengers were asked to go down and wait in the departure lounge until the replacement plane could fly.
“Spicejet arranges alternative planes in the afternoon to take passengers but the flight unfortunately also has a technical problem.
The passengers cannot be sent on the second flight too,” said the Gagan Malik Goa Airport director.
Some flights operated by Spicejet witnessed delays throughout the country, especially Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata and Bagdogra.
“In the air transport air transportation sector is rescheduled, canceled, postponed and transferred to other fields for operational reasons and direction of regulations.
They are in accordance with the requirements of the carriage.
We apologize for this experience,” Spicejet said in a statement to passengers who bring to social media to vent their anger.
Spicejet accommodates passengers with flights to Mumbai at around 3:30 p.m.
but at that time IRATE passengers began to create a commotion and demand answers from the airline.
Similar scenes were witnessed in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
On Thursday, the Boeing 737 Max operated by Spice-Jet made an emergency landing in Mumbai after the aviation machine shutdown.