'Does Our Life Have No Value?’: Passengers Fume, IndiGo Flight Witnesses Chaos Amid 2-Hour Delay — VIDEO
An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Varanasi was delayed by two hours due to a technical issue, causing passenger unrest.
An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Varanasi last night witnessed chaotic scenes onboard after the flight delayed take-off by two hours. In a video now viral on social media handles, the passengers are asking if the flight will take off as the cabin crew requested them to remain seated.
An air hostess could also be seen holding her hands and requesting a passenger to take his seat as he questions the delay.
The video has captured the anxiety around air travel in the aftermath of the Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad, leaving 260 people dead. The safety concerns have now triggered the passengers amid the skyrocketing price of air travel.
According to an NDTV report, the flight from Varanasi was delayed due to a technical issue that was identified just before take-off. As the ground teams worked on the aircraft, other flights got the runway space. The flight took off with 176 passengers to Mumbai from Varanasi after it was checked.
The report, quoting plane tracker Flightradar24, stated the Mumbai-Varanasi flight, 6E 5028, took off at 9.53 pm, over two hours after its scheduled departure, and landed in Varanasi at 11.40 pm. Its scheduled time of arrival was 9.45 pm.
In a video, one of the air hostesses could be seen asking a passenger to not shoot the video. She said, "Excuse me, Sir, video is not allowed, please." The passengers could be seen protesting it.
"Your flight is not taking off for the past one hour, sounds are coming and you are telling us that shooting a video is not allowed," a flier is heard saying. "Does our life have no value?" asks another.
The air hostess then folded her hands and said, "All the tests on the aircraft have been completed." This led to the passengers getting more angry, and one of them could be heard saying, "You are running the tests after making the passengers board the plane? What if something happens in the air? Who will take that risk?"
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