A Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Bhopal was delayed for around two hours when a group of passengers prevented the aircraft from taking off without their ‘delayed’ companions. It is alleged that the airline bowed down to their demands because the group - a Gujarati family of 80 - was closely connected to a ‘powerful’ minister.
The airline reportedly decided to cancel the tickets of the other passengers onboard in order to accommodate the 17 latecomers. The resultant chaos, which ensued for an hour, ended with five people getting off the plane after accepting a compensation of Rs. 10,000 offered by Jet Airways.
Flight 9W 7083, on which the incident took place, was earlier scheduled to take off at 5:55 am on Friday. Jet Airways even released a statement regarding the ‘unruly situation’.
Jet Airways Statement on flight 9W 7083 (S2 4621) Mumbai - Bhopal of December 02, 2016. pic.twitter.com/G3RnH6nSAu
— Jet Airways (@jetairways) December 2, 2016
