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Etihad Airways, a 23 hour odyssey for a flight from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emitad - Asked for compensation for ordeal and ill treatment

250 passengers travelling by Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai endured a six-hour wait inside the aircraft without food or water, after a harrowing nine hour delay in departure. The passengers, mostly Indians coming from Europe and the US, boarded the flight at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Abu Dhabi after the nine-hour delay but were then taken to "Indira Gandhi International Airport" instead of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1091088
Rome, Italy, 06/17/2008 19:38
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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