Passengers are upset due to the cancellation of about 700 Indigo flights across the country. A video of a father asking for sanitary pads for his daughter stranded at the airport is going viral on social media.
New Delhi: Passengers across the country are upset due to the cancellation of about 700 Indigo flights simultaneously. Meanwhile, a video of a father shouting angrily at the airport is going viral on social media, in which he is saying ‘my daughter needs sanitary pads’. A passenger is shouting loudly at the airport counter, ‘Sister, my daughter is bleeding… I need a sanitary pad… give me a stayfree’. The video of this incident has also been shared on many profiles.
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At the same time, all Indigo flights from Delhi till 3 pm today have been cancelled. 53 flights departing from Mumbai and 51 arriving there have also been cancelled. There is also a crisis situation at Chhattisgarh, Goa, Patna and Ahmedabad airports. All IndiGo flights from Chennai till 6 pm have been cancelled. Today alone Indigo has canceled about seven hundred flights. Shortage of pilots is the main crisis after the implementation of crew duty time rules. Indigo’s negligence in implementing this rule has further increased the crisis.
Indigo says that services will be fully restored only by February 10. Indigo has canceled more than 400 flights from Delhi alone today. 32 flights from Maharashtra and 102 from Bengaluru have been cancelled. 31 flights from Chennai have also been cancelled. These include 20 flights taking off from Chennai and 11 arriving there.