PROTESTS AFTER FLIGHT CANCELLED

New Delhi: A Bhopal- bound Jet Airways flight with 71 passengers on board was forced to return here on Tuesday evening due to a technical snag, the airline official said. The airline arranged an alternative aircraft, which also developed a technical glitch and subsequently the airline had to cancel the flight. The cancellation of the flight triggered protest from the affected passengers, who came down on the tarmac at the IGI airport. An airline spokesperson on Wednesday confirmed the cancellation of the flight but said that it was due to technical snag coupled with the expiry of duty hours of the crew. The passengers were seen in a video footage sitting on the tarmac, complaining about not being offered food despite the delay, and the AC being shut down. They alleged the airline also failed to give them information about the departure. The airline spokesperson, “regretted” the inconvenience to the passengers. “Jet Airways flight 9W 927 on July 10, from Delhi to Bhopal, was delayed following an air turn back due to a technical defect,” he said.