Kolkata: Due to a scarcity of cabin crew the Air India's Kolkata-London flight via New Delhi took off ton Thursday after a delay of seven hours. The passengers for London stayed in New Delhi for the night.
Air India officials said the flight was scheduled to be taken off at 10.30 am but actually left at 5.30 pm because of shortage of crew members.
The plane had 160 passengers on board with 100 bound for London.
The officials said those 100 passengers would stay in New Delhi for the night and would be accommodated in London flights from the national capital tomorrow.