If We Don’t Wake Up…”: Actor Narrates Her Flight Delay Ordeal

New Delhi: 

Fog in New Delhi and congestion at Mumbai airport are among the several factors contributing the flight delays across India. The simmering anger among passengers has already resulted in a flier slapping a captain after the Delhi-Goa flight did not take off for over 10 hours. Actor Richa Chadha today shared that she too has been affected by the delayed flights this week.

She said that two of her IndiGo flights were delayed by 4 hours in the past three days. She said that a third flight, an international one, took off as scheduled.

“On my 3rd flight in 3 days… day 1, IndiGo delayed by over 4 hours. Day 2, IndiGo delayed by 4 hours. But the only direct flights on some routes are often Indigo. Day 3, international flight, no problem,” the actor posted on X (formerly Twitter).

On the 14th of Jan, there was an air show in Mumbai, because of which the runway was closed in the morning. And then fog/smog in North India – Delhi runway closed. Ripple effect? Flights delayed all over the country, staff overextended,” she said.

Earlier this week, a flier was arrested for assaulting the aircraft’s pilot while he was announcing delays. A video of the incident, which went viral, shows the passenger abruptly run up from the last row and hit Anup Kumar, the flight’s co-captain. Mr Kumar had replaced the previous crew due to Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) norms after several hours of delay.