Vietnam flight delay at RGIA strands 194 flyers

Hyderabad: Nearly 194 passengers bound for Vietnam were stranded for more than 15 hours at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) after their flight, Vietnam Airlines VN 984, was delayed through the night and eventually cancelled on Saturday noon.

The flight, scheduled to depart from Hyderabad at 11.55pm on November 7 for Hanoi, faced repeated delays throughout the night. “It was chaos. Nobody slept the entire night. The announcements kept changing every couple of hours, and there was no clear information,” said a passenger, part of travel group to Vietnam. Many travellers said they had spent over 3 lakh each on tickets, visas, and accommodation.