SpiceJet delays evacuation flight from Suceava, Romania by three hours

PUNE: SpiceJet delayed its special evacuation flight from Suceava in Romania by close to three hours last night to successfully evacuate a group of 36 Indian students stranded at the Ukraine-Romania border its officials said on Tuesday.
The departure of SpiceJet flight SG 9547 from Suceava to Delhi with 152 Indian students on board was scheduled at 7.20 pm (local time) when information was received about a group of 36 Indian students stranded at the Ukraine-Romania border.
A decision was taken to wait for the group who would be travelling by road to the Suceava Ștefan cel Mare International Airport.
The flight departure was revised thrice as the SpiceJet team waited for the Indian students to arrive. The flight finally departed at 10.05 pm (local time) and reached Delhi at 8.30 am today (local time) with a total of 188 students on-board.