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They were standing meters away from the active runway while protesting.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi to Guwahati flight, which was carrying 177 passengers, was delayed due to a sudden change in weather on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the details of the incident \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flight operations were partially affected last evening as a thunderstorm hit Delhi and its surrounding areas, causing 21 flights to divert from the IGI Airport.<\/li>\n<li>The IndiGo aircraft (6E-694) which was scheduled for Guwahati arrived late because of the weather conditions.<\/li>\n<li>The airline started the boarding process at 8.15 p.m. But with the weather intensifying, the aircraft could not depart and had to wait for a &#8220;respective departure slot&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>The departure was further delayed as the pilot\u2019s flight duty time was over and a new crew was arranged.<\/li>\n<li>Passengers on the flight were agitated over the delay. There was no communication from the airlines about the cause.<\/li>\n<li>A group of angry passengers de-boarded the flight at around 10 p.m. and tried to block the taxiway.<\/li>\n<li>CISF had to be called in to contain the ruckus and force passengers back into the plane.<\/li>\n<li>The flight, which was to depart at 6:30 p.m. finally took off at 11:45 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The passengers were provided accommodation and ground transportation by the airline at Guwahati after landing.<\/p>\n<p>IndiGo stated they were not aware of passengers getting down from the aircraft. In a statement released by the airline, they said that they regretted the &#8220;inconvenience caused to the passengers&#8221; and stated the reasons for the delay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers took matters into their own hands at the Delhi Airport, after a Guwahati bound IndiGo flight was delayed by 5 hours on Wednesday. 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