A rude shock awaited passengers of an Alliance Air flight when they found the pilot had landed here though they were told they had reached their destination Kozhikode.

The Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode-Kochi-Agatti flight with 23 passengers landed here at 10.30 AM yesterday without proceeding to Kozhikode as the crew was likely to cross the Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) if it was operated on schedule, Air India sources said.