The Air India flight AI 171, bound for London from Ahmedabad, was initially scheduled for Thursday at 1:30 PM but was delayed due to technical issues. Which departed on Friday afternoon at 1.41 pm.
According to reports, the flight had 300 passengers waiting. Initially, passengers were informed that the flight would be delayed, and they patiently waited. However, as time passed, their frustration grew.
The ground staff kept assuring them that the issue was being resolved, but when the fault could not be fixed, they informed passengers that the flight would now depart on Friday afternoon.
On the other hand, earlier on Friday, reports surfaced of 400 passengers, travelling from Istanbul to Delhi and Mumbai, after two Indigo flights were delayed by over 24 hours. The passengers were reportedly stuck without food or accommodation at Istanbul airport.
Earlier in July this year due to the server glitch with Microsoft affected aviation operations at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport for the second consecutive day, as six flights were cancelled and 15 were delayed by at least an hour on July 20.
Over the course of two days, a total of 40 flights were cancelled, and 50 flights were delayed by at least one hour.