Mumbai: A dog's day out at the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji airport allegedly led to the delay of around half a dozen flights arriving in from New Delhi between 10 pm to 1 am on Wednesday night. While all but one of the flights landed in Mumbai after hovering over the airport for almost an hour, a Jet Airways flight had to be diverted to Ahmedabad, affecting hundreds of passengers.
A ground staff, on condition of anonymity, said, "There was a dog on the runway which made the Air Traffic Control (ATC) delay the flights". However, the ATC denied making any confirmation about the dog on the runway and said it was traffic congestion that led to the delay.
"Our problem compounded after approaching Mumbai, as the flight was forced to hover over the airport for almost an hour. We were told there was a technical problem at the airport. The crew apologised for the delay and served some cookies. The flight finally landed at 1.10 am instead of 10.30 pm as scheduled," he added
"Our flight left the Delhi airport with a delay of half an hour and was made to hover over the Mumbai airport for another half an hour before being diverted to Ahmedabad. The flight, which was supposed to reach Mumbai at 9.45 pm finally landed at 3.10 am," said a passenger, who did not wish to be named.
A ground staff, on condition of anonymity, said, "There was a dog on the runway which made the Air Traffic Control (ATC) delay the flights". However, the ATC denied making any confirmation about the dog on the runway and said it was traffic congestion that led to the delay.
"Our problem compounded after approaching Mumbai, as the flight was forced to hover over the airport for almost an hour. We were told there was a technical problem at the airport. The crew apologised for the delay and served some cookies. The flight finally landed at 1.10 am instead of 10.30 pm as scheduled," he added
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"Our flight left the Delhi airport with a delay of half an hour and was made to hover over the Mumbai airport for another half an hour before being diverted to Ahmedabad. The flight, which was supposed to reach Mumbai at 9.45 pm finally landed at 3.10 am," said a passenger, who did not wish to be named.
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