Due to low visibility at Patna airport, two planes were diverted after reaching Patna on Friday. IndiGo’s Kolkata-Patna flight 6E 668 diverted to Raipur, while Delhi-Patna flight 6E 2163 went to Kolkata after making two-three rounds of the airport. Due to Kolkata airport being busy, the Kolkata-Patna flight was not sent to Kolkata and was diverted to Raipur. Due to this, 186 passengers and 173 passengers were to come to Patna from Delhi-Patna flight. Apart from these, 22 other pairs of flights also arrived late at Patna airport.
Due to visibility being less than 1000 meters, aircraft operations could not take place in the morning. The flight from Chandigarh made its first landing at Patna airport at 11.30. The arrival time of Delhi-Patna flight was 8:30 in the morning, but it landed in Patna 1.25 hour late at 9:45, but due to visibility being 800 meters, the plane was sent to Kolkata after two-three rounds. given. The Kolkata-Patna flight had arrived on time at 9:45, but due to low visibility, it was diverted to Raipur. Later, the Delhi-Patna flight departed from Kolkata and reached at around 1 o’clock, while the Delhi-Kolkata flight from Raipur reached Patna airport at 12 o’clock.
passengers remain worried
Passengers started creating ruckus after the planes were diverted. 175 passengers going from Patna to Delhi and 174 passengers going from Patna to Kolkata were stuck at Patna airport for five hours to board the flight. A passenger going to Kolkata said that at 10:30 he was told that the flight would depart at 12 o’clock. There was not even a place to sit at the airport. People were not even given information as to the reason for the late arrival or departure of the plane. When some passengers created a ruckus, they were given breakfast packets. Some people were not even given this. 500 ml water is being sold for Rs 80 in the canteen of the terminal building. The passengers said that the airlines should either change their timings or the passengers should be informed in advance so that they do not have to face problems after coming to the airport. According to official sources, about 700 passengers of Delhi-Patna-Delhi and Kolkata-Patna-Kolkata remained stranded from Patna to Raipur and Kolkata.
SpiceJet flight arrived late by more than seven hours
SpiceJet flight SG-322 coming from Hyderabad at 1 pm did not arrive at Patna airport on time. The airlines said that it would arrive at 8:30 pm and depart from Patna at 9 pm as flight number SG-322. All the passengers had reached the airport by then. Therefore, he was very upset due to the long wait of about eight hours. Regarding this, he had several altercations with the airline staff and created ruckus. Similarly, half a dozen other planes also arrived late due to fog or due to some operational reason and went back.
24 pairs of flights arrived late
flight number-departure city-delay
6E247-Bengaluru -2.30 hrs
6E663-Kolkata-3.10 hrs
6E6394-Bhubaneswar-1.05 hr
UK718-Delhi- 40 mins
6E432-Hyderabad-37 mins
6E2134-Delhi-40 minutes
SG430-Mumbai-58 mins
6E126-Pune-56 mins
SG323-Hyderabad- 7.25 hrs
6E6485-Chandigarh-1.17 hr
6E597-Chennai-2.11 hrs
6E2167-Mumbai-52 mins
AI408-Delhi- 50 mins
6E2483-Delhi-1.06 hr
SG758-Delhi-1.02 hr
6E178-Ahmedabad- 42 mins
6E2792-Delhi- 1.35 hr
SG532-Bengaluru – 36 mins
6E22246-Delhi-1.10 hr
Note: Five flights were delayed by less than 30 minutes.