Air India Flight Delayed As Congress Mp Renuka Chowdhury Goes ‘Shoppin

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Air India flight delayed as Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury goes ‘shopping’

PTI | Feb 23, 2015, 10.07 PM IST

 

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NEW DELHI: An Air India flight to Hyderabad from Delhi, with a Union minister and Supreme Court judge on board, was held up for 45 minutes here after a senior Congress leader from Telangana did not turn up for boarding at the scheduled time as she was allegedly busy shopping. 

"Last Friday, former Union minister and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Renuka Chowdhury was travelling to Hyderabad on Air India's Chicago-Delhi-Hyderabad flight AI-126, which was scheduled to take off at 1900 hours. Chowdhury did not turn up on time despite repeated announcements of the final call by the airline staff. She finally turned up after scheduled departure time but not before the pilot had missed his turn in the departure sequence," sources said. 

Since her baggage had already gone on the flight, it was not possible to retrieve it at the last minute, sources said adding "Air India did not have an option but to wait for her." 

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Chowdhury finally turned up at 7.04pm, they said alleging she was in the shopping area doing shopping and because of her the flight got delayed by some 45 minutes. 

"This resulted in a 45 minutes delay in take-off as the pilot had missed his timings for departure given to him by the air traffic controller," the sources said. Chowdhury, however, denied she was shopping and shot back saying "they have to establish where I went and shopped. What nonsense they are talking?" 

She said she had requested for a cart to take her to the departure gate, which took time in arriving.
The delay to the flight caused by Chowdhury created a lot of resentment among the passengers who took up the issue with Air India authorities, the sources said. 

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Air India has instituted an inquiry into the incident, the sources said. 

Following this incident, the civil aviation ministry has also instructed Air India to implement an electronic baggage identification system, they said. 

"Such a system would help the carrier in identifying the baggage of passengers who do not turn up for boarding at its scheduled time and put them in the no-show passengers list," sources said.

 

 

 

[donganaaK]

monna 5 mins delay ainanduku they dint even let ppl who were supposed to take their exams and job interviews board the flight ...

 

today deeni kosam 45 mins wait chesaru anta .... fck air india , 

[jamesbond]

[ravula]

monna 5 mins delay ainanduku they dint even let ppl who were supposed to take their exams and job interviews board the flight ...

today deeni kosam 45 mins wait chesaru anta .... fck air india ,

Recently pak love kuda ila aithe
janalu politicians ni dengadame kakunda flight nundi dimpi dengaru
mana janalu kuda Ala cheste bagundedhi

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Recently pak love kuda ila aithe
janalu politicians ni dengadame kakunda flight nundi dimpi dengaru
mana janalu kuda Ala cheste bagundedhi

[sampangi]

vorni flights kuda aapi 10tunara.. 

[Breaker]

[mustang302]

power of politician in india..super...!!evadanna wait chayyalsindae...!!

[srikanthraparla]

Nyayam

[Akkumm_Bakkumm]

monna 5 mins delay ainanduku they dint even let ppl who were supposed to take their exams and job interviews board the flight ...

today deeni kosam 45 mins wait chesaru anta .... fck air india ,

That's sad man last week I the boarding Ki 1 hr early ante 55 minutes early ga vacharani allow cheyyaledu deeniki matram shopping ki velthe 45 minutes flight aaparanta.. Comedy gallu air India vallu.

[Akkumm_Bakkumm]

power of politician in india..super...!!evadanna wait chayyalsindae...!!

Oka sari khazipet lo Ponnala laxmaiah gadi kosam AP express 1:30 mins aaparu.. Pichi 10gindi naku adi choosi.

[Akkumm_Bakkumm]

Recently pak love kuda ila aithe
janalu politicians ni dengadame kakunda flight nundi dimpi dengaru
mana janalu kuda Ala cheste bagundedhi

Renuka Chowdary gurinchi telisinavadu evvadu dani mouth lo mouth pettadu ado pedda drainage..

[thedarkknight]

monna 5 mins delay ainanduku they dint even let ppl who were supposed to take their exams and job interviews board the flight ...

 

today deeni kosam 45 mins wait chesaru anta .... fck air india , 

nuve vesa kada bhayya a threa 

 

another perspective on that issue 

 

http://livefromalounge.boardingarea.com/2015/02/18/when-air-india-did-its-job-and-got-flak-for-it/

 

ps i am not defending this incident 

[srikanthraparla]

Shez Renuka C man aa matram untadi not Renuka R rofl

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