The passengers have been contained in the airplane for the reason that airplane landed in Dhaka at 4 am.
An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Guwahati was pressured to make an emergency touchdown in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka as a result of dense fog on Saturday. The diverted flight landed in Dhaka at 4 am after it was unable to land on the Guwahati airport as a result of low visibility.
The airline mentioned the passengers, who’re nonetheless contained in the landed airplane, got refreshments and an alternate crew to fly them again to Guwahati is being organized.
“IndiGo flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati was diverted to Dhaka, Bangladesh as a result of unhealthy climate in Guwahati. As a consequence of operational causes, an alternate set of crew is being organized to function the flight from Dhaka to Guwahati. The passengers have been stored knowledgeable of updates and have been served with refreshments on board. We sincerely remorse the inconvenience prompted,” IndiGo mentioned in a press release.
A number of passengers took to social media to share their frustration over the lengthy wait after the abrupt diversion. In a put up on X, former Mumbai Youth Congress chief Suraj Singh Thakur, on his solution to be part of Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyaya Yatra in Imphal, mentioned the passengers have been caught on the flight for hours.
I took @IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. However as a result of dense fog, the flight could not land in Guwahati. As an alternative, it landed in Dhaka. Now all of the passengers are in Bangladesh with out their passports, we’re contained in the airplane.✈️
— Suraj Singh Thakur (@SurajThakurINC) January 13, 2024
“I took IndiGo6E flight 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. However as a result of dense fog, the flight could not land in Guwahati. As an alternative, it landed in Dhaka,” he wrote, including that each one passengers onboard the flight had crossed the worldwide border with out their passports.
The passengers have been contained in the airplane for 9 hours, Mr Thakur mentioned.
One other flier, in a put up on X, mentioned the 178 passengers had been ready for over 4 hours for an additional crew to fly them again to their vacation spot.
“IndiGo6E caught inside plane with 178 passengers for 9 hours now, flying 6E 5319 from Mumbai to Guwahati. We made a touchdown in Dhaka round 4am due to decrease visibility within the North East. We’ve got been ready for an additional crew for 4 hours now, can we please expedite?,” he wrote.
Hello, we actually remorse the inconvenience prompted to you. The flight was diverted as a result of unhealthy climate which is past our management too. Our group is working to help the passengers to the very best of their capabilities. We sincerely look ahead to your understanding. ~Ravi
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) January 13, 2024
The airline responded to the put up saying the flight was diverted as a result of unhealthy climate however didn’t specify when the flight will depart the Bangladesh capital.
Based on flight monitoring web site Flightradar24, the IndiGo flight was scheduled to take off from Mumbai at 8.20 pm on Friday and land in Guwahati at 11.10 pm. However the flight departed from Mumbai at round 11.20 pm, after a delay of three hours.
