Passengers waiting inside the Air India Express flight at the Chennai airport.
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Passengers on a flight from Dehradun to Bengaluru were made to wait inside the aircraft for over two-and-a-half hours at Chennai airport on Wednesday night, after the flight was unable to land in Bengaluru owing to inclement weather. According to passengers, they boarded the Air India Express flight in Dehradun at 2.55 p.m. Around 20 minutes before it could land in Bengaluru, it was diverted to Chennai.

After a more than two-and-half-hour wait inside the aircraft, the passengers were allowed to deboard and were taken to the terminal in the Chennai airport.

Published – March 19, 2026 12:56 am IST