Flight diverted to Cochin airport

Bad weather conditions in Mangalore

An Air India Express flight from Dubai, scheduled to land at Mangalore, made a landing at the Cochin international airport here at 7.10 a.m. on Sunday 7.10, drawing passengers' ire.

Airport officials said the flight, IX 814 carrying 174 passengers on board, which was to land at the Mangalore airport was diverted to Kochi owing to bad weather conditions.

Leaving hundreds of passengers stranded at the airport for nearly eight hours, the crew went for the mandatory rest after their flying hours.

Irate passengers complained of lack of facilities on the part of the airline.

They said there was no communication from the crew about the time of departure.

Later the flight took off from here to Kozhikode at 4.15 p.m., sources added.

Last year an Air India Express plane from Dubai crashed and caught fire after it overshot the runway while trying to land at the Mangalore airport.

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