Tempers are flying all around as more and more of Air India’s planes are not. Here is the case of about a hundred US-bound passengers, who have been cooling their heels in Juhu for three days, as the airline doesn’t have pilots to fly them to the US. On May 7, over a hundred passengers, most of them from Gujarat arrived at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) to board Air India’s flight, AI 191 Mumbai-Newark. The flight, which was scheduled to depart at 1.30 am on May 8, got cancelled and the passengers were informed at the last minute about it. Temporary accommodation was provided at different hotels to these travellers by the carrier, that too following several hours of delay. Since then, every day has brought with it a sense of déjà vu.

Stranded: These are some of the passengers who arrived at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on May 7 to board Air India’s flight, AI 191 Mumbai-Newark. The flight, which was scheduled to depart at 1.30 am on May 8, got cancelled and the passengers were informed at the last minute about it. Pic/Rane Ashish