BENGALURU: Passengers on a Bengaluru-bound flight were stranded in Hong Kong overnight on Tuesday, after the flight was denied permission to fly and grounded due to a last-minute change in flight number by the airline.
IndiGo 6E 1774 was scheduled to depart from Hong Kong for Bengaluru at 8.50am. The flight number was then changed to Indigo 6E 1771 and the flight took off at the scheduled time. However, a few minutes after taking off, the pilot announced that the aircraft did not have clearance to fly over Chinese airspace. The aircraft then returned to Hong Kong. Passengers remained seated on the flight for some time, but were later deboarded and the flight was cancelled.
Bengalurean Yajnesh, whose relatives were on board the flight, said the airline organised hotel accommodation in Hong Kong for Tuesday night for all passengers.
“My mother-in-law and several senior citizens with onward flights from Bengaluru were stuck in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
