Air Deccan flight to Kochi grounded

Mumbai: On Saturday, passengers of Air Deccan Flight No DN 721 from Mumbai to Kochi were stranded at the airport for more than three hours after the flight was delayed, which was subsequently cancelled.
Initially they were told that the flight, scheduled to leave at 5 pm, was delayed till 8.30 pm, but were later intimated that the flight was grounded due to technical problems.
‘‘The aircraft was grounded due to a bird hit. We had planned to deploy a spare aircraft, but could not do do. So, we delayed the flight, but later we had to cancel it,’’ said head of corporate communications, Air Deccan, Vijaya Menon
Air Deccan had recently acquired two standby aircraft for its metro route.
27/05/06 Mumbai Newsline

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