Chaos at Delhi IGI airport after 20 passengers denied boarding pass
New Delhi : Over 20 passenger of a Guwahati bound Air India flight were left screaming on the Delhi's Indira Gandhi Airport after they were denied boarding pass for their journey on Wednesday.
According to a news report, the airlines took bookings more than the seats, post which they had to deny tickets to some of the passengers.
The chaos was witnessed at Delhi’s IGI Terminal-3 where more than 20 passengers who had confirmed tickets were denied a boarding pass. As a result, passengers started shouting at the national carrier.
#Delhi: Over 20 passengers travelling on Air India Delhi-Guwahati flight today were denied boarding passes as the flight was overbooked, claims passengers. pic.twitter.com/dAvlZMZ2B7
— ANI (@ANI) June 5, 2019
As per reports from news agency ANI, nearly 13 passengers were off-loaded from the flight. The passengers claimed that they were forced to cancel their tickets as the airlines had reserved passengers beyond their capacity.
Last week, more than 329 London-Mumbai passengers of Air India were stranded at Heathrow in London after the carrier sent back the damaged Boeing 777 which was scheduled for Mumbai.
