Passengers stranded as Dubai-Mumbai flights delayed

Mumbai airport's main runway remained shut on Tuesday.

Mumbai airport's main runway remained shut on Tuesday after a Spicejet flight from Jaipur overshot the runway at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, while landing late on Monday, official sources said.
The incident occurred when the flight SG-6237, a Boeing aircraft, arrived and landed here around 11.51pm, as Mumbai was lashed by heavy rains.

Mumbai Airport PRO: SpiceJet SG 6237 Jaipur-Mumbai flight overshot runway yesterday while landing at Mumbai Airport. All passengers are safe, no injuries reported. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/hEULogZHr4
- ANI (@ANI) July 2, 2019

 
Following the incident, flights have been delayed and according to Flightradar24 few flights to and from Mumbai have been cancelled.

Emirates EK500 returns to Dubai

Mumbai-bound Emirates flight EK500 on July 1 was returned to Dubai after departure.   
An Emirates spokesperson told Khaleej Times,  "On 1 July, Emirates flight EK500 from Dubai to Mumbai returned to Dubai after departure, due to the A380-compatible runway being disabled at Mumbai International Airport. Affected passengers were accommodated on a replacement Boeing 777 aircraft, or have been rebooked on a later flight. Emirates apologises for any inconvenience caused."
 
SpiceJet SG14 scheduled at 2.15am on Tuesday from Dubai to Mumbai was delayed by 9 hours and 45 minutes. 

#WeatherUpdate: Due to bad weather at Mumbai (BOM), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected. The passengers are requested to keep a check on their flight status via https://t.co/DaY8nCBre4.
- SpiceJet (@flyspicejet) July 1, 2019

 
 
Indigo Airlines have put out a Twitter update informing passengers that the airline is offering change/cancellation fee waiver for those travelling to and from Mumbai till July 3, 2019. 

#6ETravelAdvisory: Due to heavy rains, we're offering change/cancellation fee waiver to passengers travelling to/fro #Mumbai till July 3, 2019. You may visit Plan B https://t.co/O73ExNIz7i to opt for alternate options or refund. Stay safe and keep a tab on your flight status.
- IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) July 2, 2019

Main runway in Mumbai closed 

"SpiceJet SG 6237 Jaipur-Mumbai flight overshot runway yesterday while landing at Mumbai Airport. All passengers are safe, no injuries reported," Mumbai Airport PRO said. No injuries were reported. Around 54 flights were diverted to the nearby airports and 52 flights were cancelled as heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai and its neighbouring areas, an airport official said on Tuesday. 

Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said, "Main runway at the airport is closed but the alternate runway is functional. Delays and diversions of flights are taking place." 
The flight scheduled to arrive at 6.45am will now arrive at 10.30am. Another flight, EK 504 from Dubai to Mumbai was delayed by seven hours.   
Emirates EK 506 was delayed by two hours and will arrive at 3.30pm at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.   
Air India flight AI 984 which departed from Dubai at 11.44pm on July 1 was diverted to Bengaluru instead of Mumbai. A Twitter user shared that passengers have been stranded after the diversion to Bengaluru. 

@BLRAirport @HardeepSPuri @sureshpprabhu
Air India flight AI984 Dubai to Mumbai diverted to Bangalore passenger stranded from last 5 hours small baby and medical people suffering pathetic AI service no MGR reporting on ground @abpnewstv @republic @IndiaToday @CMofKarnataka
- vikash singh (@vikashsingh156) July 2, 2019

 
 Another passenger took to Twitter to share that Air India AI 911 flight from Mumbai to Dubai. He took to Twitter to say passengers were asked to sit in the plane from 9pm to 6am on July 2. 

@PMOIndia @NITIAayog @AmitShah @airindiain AI 911 flight from mumbai to Dubai calcellwd by airindia today morning 6.00 am. They asked all Indian passenger to sit in plane from 9.00 pm to 6.00 am, its unbearable. If air India management cant manage the operation, fire all these
- Nitin Fegade (@NitinFegade2) July 2, 2019

 
Twitter is flooded with messages by passengers who have been stranded due to delayed, cancelled flights between Dubai and Mumbai.
 

Plan B is useless and a scam. My flight from Mumbai to Dubai on 2nd July 8:35am has been delayed to 11:35am at first, later extended till 12 and now 1pm. We are unable to change, cancel or refund. Moreover, the staff is unavailable on the airport. Irresponsible!
- Ummesalma Rampurwala (@usr9613) July 2, 2019

Stuck at Dxb airport since last evening as flight to mumbai took off and returned back to Dubai ... no information forthcoming regarding status of the flight or mumbai
- gaurav bhatia (@BhatiaGauravb) July 2, 2019

 

@PMOIndia we are almost More than 100 passengers traveling from Mumbai to dubai via air India flight AI911 . The flight was scheduled at 11.30 on Monday. However due to rains we were just left in the aircraft until 6.30 am and then no air India staff is providing any proper info
- Mehul (@mehulshah2906) July 2, 2019

 
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Even Air India AI984 from Dubai to Mumbai is diverted to Bangalore we are waiting for updates here
- IQBAL PANDOR (@iqbalpandor) July 2, 2019

 

The new departure is at 8 am .. maybe even 9 am from Dubai .. just shifted from plane to terminal .. Mumbai airport runway is still closed and even crew for flights cant reach to airport due to rains #MumbaiRainsLive
- Trisha (@TrishaUnlove) July 2, 2019

 
(With inputs from IANS)

Torrential rains continue in Mumbai  

Rain fury claimed 27 lives in Maharashtra, including 18 in a wall collapse in Mumbai, while the authorities declared a holiday in the city and adjoining regions, asking people to avoid stepping out of their houses.    
Eighteen people were killed and over 50 injured in a wall collapse in the northern suburb of Malad in Mumbai early Tuesday following heavy rains.
Mumbai rain: 16 dead in two wall collapse cases
A compound wall collapsed on the hutments due to heavy downpour. Many are feared trapped under the debris. 
In another incident, of wall collapse, a school wall crashed upon two adjacent houses in Kalyan, killing three, including a three-year-old boy.  
 

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