SpiceJet Flyers Walk On Tarmac At Delhi Airport After Waiting For Bus
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Passengers are not allowed to walk on the Delhi airport's tarmac area as it is a security risk. There is a demarcated path on the tarmac just for vehicles.
In yet another embarrassment for budget airline SpiceJet, several passengers from its Hyderabad-Delhi flight on Saturday night were seen walking on the airport's tarmac as the airline could not provide a bus for around 45 minutes to take them to the terminal. Aviation regulator sources say that this is being seen as a security incident and an investigation has been launched. How often do you see this happening at T3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi? @flyspicejet kept up cooked up for 45 minutes after announcing “early arrival” of 6 mins at 11:24pm on the SG 8108 Hyd-Delhi. They parked the flight really far away with no buses. pic.twitter.com/sgkR9gXs3Y
"It's unclear at this stage for how long the passengers were walking on the tarmac," Directorate General of Civil Aviation sources said.
The airline had claimed there was "a brief delay" in the arrival of coaches, and once the buses came, all the passengers, including those who had started walking, travelled on them from the tarmac to the terminal building.
