Air India Express passengers to Mangaluru left waiting for pilots at airport for more than six hours

Dubai: An Air India Express flight to Mangaluru from Dubai was delayed by about six hours leaving passengers waiting for the flight to take off. In a video sent to Vartha Bharati by an in-flight passenger, people can be seen taking the crew-members to task for the delay. The passenger told Vartha Bharati that they were left waiting for the pilots who failed to turn up to the airport. In the video, furious passengers took the staff of flight to task and threatened of protesting at the airport. The passenger Riyaz Byari told Vartha Bharati, “The flight was scheduled for 11.40 pm to take off from Dubai but it is 5.30 am now but the flight is still here. The pilots have not turned up yet and all the passengers are left waiting for them. This is very irresponsible of the flight that such an incident has take place”. “The flight is now scheduled to reach Mangaluru airport at 10.30 am against its actual schedule of reaching at 4.30 am. Source: Vartha Bharathi