Bad weather, pilot duty rules ground Air India London-Delhi passengers
An eight hours London Delhi journey extended to 18 hours for Air India passengers on Sunday due to a weather diversion and crew duty time restrictions.
An Air India Boeing 787 ( flight number AI 112) aircraft from London was forced to divert to Jaipur early on Sunday because of adverse weather. The aircraft landed at Jaipur around 4 a.m
But passengers’ ordeal began as pilot and crew duty time rules kicked in. While Air India said it arranged separate set of crew to bring the passengers to Delhi, many of them took to social media complaining lack of on-ground assistance. According to media reports some passengers were transported to Delhi by road.
