Flight cancelled: Air India passengers create ruckus at Bhubaneswar airport

Bhubaneswar: Tension prevailed at Biju Patnaik International airport here after a Delhi bound Air India flight was cancelled on Sunday.

According to reports, the Air India flight AI-076 reportedly developed some ‘technical glitch’ on the runway minutes before its take off.

All the passengers were immediately asked by the crew of the plane to deboard as a safety measure.

Following the incident, the passengers travelling in the Air India flight created ruckus after they were stranded at the airport.

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Angry scenes were witnessed at the airport as some passengers also gheraoed the officials of the flight for not giving them satisfactory reason over the cancellation of the flight or any other alternative arrangements.

Earlier, 155 passengers had a close shave after an Air India flight from Mumbai to Bhubaneswar made an emergency landing at Mumbai airport on May 22.

The flight AI-669 had to make the emergency landing after smoke was detected in its cockpit due to a suspected ‘technical snag’.

“We were going to Delhi today to participate in a Chess championship but the flight got cancelled. We will miss the inaugural function but we have to reach the national capital at least by night today to participate in the event,” said Odisha’s internationally acclaimed chess player Padmini Rout.

“We have booked tickets for the next flight which were quite expensive,” added Padmini.