Air India which firmed up the order of 250 Airbus aircraft last Tuesday, London-Delhi bound Air India flight made an emergency landing, leaving passengers stranded for five hours in Jaipur, citing the bad weather conditions. According to the sources, about 350 passengers who were left stranded at the airport had to make other arrangements to reach Delhi.The pilot of Air India has cited that due to limitations of the duty hours he refused to fly further. The AI-112 flight which was scheduled to arrive at 4 pm on Sunday got diverted to Jaipur mentioning the bad weather conditions.Meanwhile, the air carrier has also submitted clarification reports to its pilot refusing the London-Delhi flight after it made the emergency landing in Jaipur due to bad weather conditions. The air carrier claimed that the cockpit came under the FDTL rules, due to which he could not operate the flight.“Fact of the matter is the London-Delhi AI112 flight was diverted to land at Jaipur at 4 am today due to inclement weather & poor visibility at Delhi. While the aircraft was waiting for Delhi weather to improve and take off, the cockpit crew came under FDTL, that is Flight Duty Time Limitations. Pilots cannot operate a flight once they come under the FDTL, as laid down by regulatory authorities,” a spokesperson said.One of the passengers of Air India has complained about the lack of assistance from the airline. Taking it to Twitter, he wrote, “Passengers of @airindia AI112 flying from London to Delhi have been diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather but passengers have not been assisted with any recourse to reaching their final destinations. @JM_Scindia please assist us urgently. We did manage to speak with @Ra_THORe despite which we have received no assistance from the authorities at #JaipurAirport”Passengers of @airindia AI112 flying from London to Delhi have been diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather but passengers have not been assisted with any recourse to reaching their final destinations. @JM_Scindia please assist us urgently. We did manage to speak with @Ra_THORe… pic.twitter.com/DjLOD8dXLK— Adit (@ABritishIndian) June 25, 2023 After all this, Air India responded to the tweet saying that their team is trying their best to minimise the inconvenience to the passengers.
