Jaipur-B'luru AI flight rescheduled thrice, cancelled
Jaipur: An Air India Express flight from Jaipur to Bengaluru was cancelled after it was rescheduled thrice Friday due to a technical snag. Flight IX 2749 was to take off from Jaipur for Bengaluru at 11:30am, but due to technical issues, it was rescheduled to 3pm.
Passengers were made to board the flight, but it was rescheduled again to 5pm and 6:30pm thereafter.
After this, around 200 passengers gathered in the lobby of the airport and protested over the prolonged delay. Passengers alleged that they were made to sit inside the aircraft without AC.
Rajesh Modi, a passenger, shared on social media platform X, "…passengers getting roasted in aircraft without AC and vent because gates were closed and finally, they had to cancel the flight because all passengers deboarded on their own. Let's see when it gets repaired…"
Passengers said that they reached the Jaipur airport at 10am for the flight, but they were stuck there till 6:30pm.
"While passengers waited, we were neither given anything to eat nor was there any solution for our problem. The flight was rescheduled thrice, and after that, it was cancelled, and we got no response from the authorities," said an angry passenger. tnn
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