IndiGo Cancels Flight; BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi and other Passengers Stranded at Airport

Guwahati: IndiGo Airline's last minute cancellation of Delhi bound flight at the Indore Airport sighting "technical" reasons made Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi and her co-passengers stranded at the airport.

“Stuck at Indore Airport, people are angry and disappointed by the conduct of IndiGo officials,” Lekhi said in a tweet along with a video clip of the angry passengers.

https://twitter.com/M_Lekhi/status/1066749703843274752

Talking about the delay a passenger said, that the IndiGo flight 6E 8867, operated by an Airbus A320, was scheduled to take off at 9.20 pm, but the airline informed the passengers that the flight was delayed by half-an-hour. The Passenger further added that “Fifteen minutes later, IndiGo announced that it had cancelled the flight due to technical reasons,” “The airline also informed the passengers the flight will now depart on Monday at 12.30.

The passengers also claimed that the airline did not accept the request for providing food or hotel accommodations, alleging that the IndiGo staff was not at all cooperative.

IndiGo officials have not come out with any official statement regarding the incident.

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