SpiceJet Passengers Get into Argument With Airline Staff After Patna-Delhi Flight Gets Delayed

The SpiceJet staff said the flight was getting delayed due to weather problems, but later cited technical issues as the reason for the delay, said a passenger.

After the flight was delayed by more than two hours, passengers and airline workers of a SpiceJet flight with a destination of Patna got into an altercation at the Delhi airport on Friday morning. According to a passenger who would be travelling on aircraft 8721 between Delhi and Patna, the scheduled departure time from this airport's Terminal 3 is at 7.20 am. At first, the airline staff said the flight was getting delayed due to weather problems but later cited technical issues as the reason for the delay, the passenger said.

Many passengers were agitated and were involved in heated arguments with the airline staff concerned at the airport over the delay in the flight departure, according to the passenger. The flight is now scheduled to depart at 10.10 am. There was no immediate comment from SpiceJet on the issue.

With PTI Inputs