Kolkata, June 21: Passengers onboard an AirAsia India flight from Kolkata to Bagdogra faced a harrowing time after they were asked to deboard the flight without any explanation. According to reports, the flight was delayed by over four hours, causing inconvenience to passengers. Reports inform that AirAsia harrassed the passengers' by putting the AC on full blast and alleged cabin crew behaved rudely with the passengers.

An AirAsia India issued a statement and accepted that the flight was delayed and expressed regrets. "AirAsia India would like to confirm that flight i5583 from Kolkata to Bagdogra was delayed by 4.5 hours due to a technical requirement. AirAsia regrets the inconvenience caused to guests on account of this disruption and would like to reinstate that the airline always prioritises safety above all," the company said.

It further said that there was no danger to any of the occupants on-board the aircraft as the cool conditioned air being circulated was condensing. "This is a normal occurrence on-board all aircraft when the air conditioning is operated in high humidity conditions," the statement said.I

Reports inform that Indian Oil Corporation Executive Director (West Bengal) Dipankar Ray, who was also travelling in the same flight, complained of very "unprofessional and rude" behaviour from the airline staff. "The flight was scheduled to depart at 9 am and was initially delayed by 30 minutes.

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