Duty completed, plane not flying: 100 passengers including three senior BJP leaders lost their lives in Rajkot

Rajkot city has seen many unbelievable cases coming up. Recently, a similar case of Rajkot city has come to the fore. Pilot refused to board the plane from Rajkot Airport to Delhi on Sunday night, even though there were about 100 passengers, including three BJP MPs, on board.

The pilot said - duty done, not to fly the plane

The pilot said that my working hours are over and I refused to fly the plane saying that I will not fly the plane. After which the passengers had to wait for almost two hours. Finally, there is news that this flight has been canceled and the passengers have been brought to their destination by making alternative arrangements.

AI404 operating between Rajkot and Delhi late evening on 23rd July 2023 was delayed due to an operational reason. Subsequently, the cockpit crew came under Flight Duty Time Limit (FDTL) regulations for which they could not operate the flight as per regulatory norms. The FDTL… pic.twitter.com/2yqPa6yy3U

— ANI (@ANI) July 24, 2023

Three BJP MPs were also on board

The incident took place around 8:30 pm on Sunday evening. Rajkot MP Mohan Kundaria, Jamnagar MP Poonambane Madam and newly elected Rajya Sabha MP Kesridevsinh Jhala were among the passengers stranded in the plane.

An Air India spokesperson gave the information

Regarding the cancellation of an Air India flight between Rajkot and Delhi following delay, the spokesperson said that on the evening of Sunday, July 23, 2023, flight number AI-404 between Rajkot and Delhi was delayed due to operational reasons, but later the cockpit crew fell under the flight duty time limit due to which they could not operate the flight as per the regulatory norms.

MP Mohan Kundaria told the incident

MP Mohan Kundaria said yesterday that the pilot refused to fly the plane saying that his duty hours were over. He said - after which we sat in the plane for two hours and were waiting to take off. We spoke to officials in Delhi and complained about the situation but to no avail. The pilot reasoned that he was too tired to fly any further.

MP said - I had to go to Delhi for this reason...

According to the MP, he was supposed to go to Delhi as part of the Prime Minister's scheduled Rajkot Yatra on July 27 and had a return ticket to Rajkot on Monday. However, the flight did not take off so I had to cancel the trip.