Air India Diverts Kolkata-Delhi Flight to Amritsar Due to Traffic and Low Holding Fuel, 5 West Bengal MPs On-board

Kolkata, August 5: In a shocking incident, an Air India Kolkata-Delhi flight (AI-021) was diverted to Amritsar due to traffic and low holding fuel on Monday. Information is pouring that five parliamentarians from West Bengal (three Lok Sabha MPs and two Rajya Sabha MPs), were on-board and coming to attend the Parliament proceeding today.

According to the reports, the Air India flight was diverted after Air Traffic Control (ATC) advisory and following this, the plane was scheduled to Amritsar, instead of Delhi. Air India Disinvestment: Privatisation Likely to Draw 'Strong Interest' From Bidders, Says CAPA

Here's the Tweet:

Air India Kolkata-Delhi flight (AI-021) was diverted to Amritsar due to traffic and low holding fuel, as advised by Air Traffic Control (ATC). Five MPs from Bengal (three Lok Sabha MPs and two Rajya Sabha MPs) are on-board; they were coming to attend Parliament today. pic.twitter.com/VrEZvGUwR0

— ANI (@ANI) August 5, 2019

Though the exact reason for the surprise diversion of the route has yet not been ascertained, an investigation is most likely to be initiated. Also, no details of the parliamentarians have been made public so far.

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