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Air India Pilots Refuses To Fly Till Destination As Their 'Duty Hours Are Over'

An emergency landing was made for a Delhi-bound flight from London to Jaipur due to bad weather but even after receiving clearance to fly, the pilots refused to take the flight to the destination citing that their duty hours were over.

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A Delhi-bound flight from London made an emergency landing in Jaipur citing bad weather. 350 passengers in the Air India flight were left on their own to make alternate arrangements to reach their destination.

According to the reports the AI-112 flight was supposed to reach Delhi at 4 am on Sunday but due to unfavourable weather conditions had to land in Jaipur. 

The reports further reveal that even after getting clearance for flight, the two pilots of the AI-112 flight refused to fly the passengers to their destination with the reason that their duty time was over. 

One of the passengers from the flight took to Twitter to speak about the stressful situation, he said, "Passengers of @airindia AI112 flying from London to Delhi have been diverted to Jaipur due to bad weather but passengers have not been assisted with any recourse to reaching their final destinations. @JM_Scindia please assist us urgently. We did manage to speak with @Ra_THORe despite which we have received no assistance from the authorities at #JaipurAirport"

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Air India responded to the said tweet saying that their team is ‘trying its best’ to minimise the inconvenience of the passengers caused due to the emergency landing.

The aggravated passenger further said, "Please stop with the false promises! The staff at the #JaipurAirport have been absolutely inept & incorrigible to provide us with any assistance," aiming at Air India as he shared more videos of other passengers who got stranded as well.

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