400 air passengers stranded in city

CHENNAI: Nearly 400 passengers were stranded in Chennai Airport after two international airlines suffered technical snags on Wednesday. A British Airways flight carrying 213 passengers and eight crew members, which was to depart from Chennai to London, suffered technical glitches while taxiing and had to return after the Air Traffic Control was informed. After several attempts to resolve the problem failed, the passengers were offloaded. The aircraft is likely to take off at 5.30 am on Thursday.

Similarly, a Malaysian Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur, which was scheduled to depart at 11.50 am, cancelled the boarding passes half-an hour before landing at Chennai citing technical problems. There were 183 passengers already aboard the flight. Sources in the Air Traffic Control said the aircraft were stranded due to technical problems. There was no intimation from Malaysian Airlines on when the flight will depart.

Adequate arrangements have been made by British Airways for the stranded outstation air passengers, said officials.

Technical snags in MA,BA

A British Airways flight, which was to depart from Chennai to London, suffered technical glitches while taxiing and had to return. Similarly, a Malaysian Airlines flight which was scheduled to depart at 11.50 am from Chennai, cancelled boarding passes citing technical problems