Mangalore: Jet Airways Flight to Dubai Rescheduled as Pilot Takes Ill
04:36PM Wed 9 Jan, 2013
Mangalore, Jan 9: The Jet Airways direct flight to Dubai, scheduled to take off at 8 pm IST on Wednesday January 9 from Mangalore International Airport, has been cancelled.
Reliable sources said that the flight had to be cancelled as the pilot took ill and could not report to duty.
Sources also said that the pilot has been hospitalized.
The flight had been booked to capacity.
Passengers have been accomodated at Hotel Gateway, Ocean Pearl and Deepa Comforts for the night.
Sources told daijiworld that the flight has been recheduled for Thursday January 10 at 7 am. It will arrive in Dubai at 9.30 am and the return flight to Mangalore will take off at 10.30 am.
-Daijiworld