A Mumbai-bound Air India flight from the Biju Patnaik International Airport here was cancelled on Sunday afternoon due to technical snag.
Flight AI-670 carrying 111 passengers was scheduled to take off from the airport at 1.05 pm. But the aircraft failed to roll on the runway due to some technical glitch. Passengers on board the flight were clueless about the delay till they were told that the flight won’t fly owing to technical failure in the flight.
Passengers alleged that neither the airport authorities nor the Air India authorities explain the reason.
After about four hours of being stranded at the T1, the flight was cancelled fuelling anger among the flyers.