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Spice Jet flight leaves 14 passengers stranded at Dabolim airport

Chaos prevailed at Dabolim airport on Friday, after Spice Jet flight SG 172 took off without taking 14 passengers and left them stranded along with their baggage due to the delay in the Chennai-Goa Spice Jet flight.

VASCO:   
The incident took place when a group of 14 passengers, who had come from Chennai, missed their connecting flight to Delhi.  
As they were left stranded, the passengers approached the Dabolim Police based at the airport to intervene into the matter. However, sensing trouble the Spice Jet officials arranged another airline tickets.  
When contacted, Airport Director B C H Negi said all the 14 passengers were accommodated in an Indigo flight which left for Delhi at 5.30 pm.  
Negi informed that the Spice Jet flight, Chennai to Goa, in which these 14 passengers were travelling got delayed, due to which they missed the Goa-Delhi connecting Spice Jet flight.  
“All the 14 passengers were accommodated in an Indigo flight which left at 5.30 pm from Goa to Delhi,” informed Negi.  
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MPT hits out at ‘outsiders’ at public hearings

The Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) has reacted sharply to the presence of people from outside Vasco to the three public hearings, saying they are not connected with coal handling operations at the port, but have forcefully demanded a ban on cargo operations rather than strictly implementing environmental laws and safeguards.

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Published Apr 29, 2017, 4:52 AM IST
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VASCOIn a statement, the MPT stated that the public hearing for the past three days for the mechanisation of JSW berth, capital dredging and redevelopment of Berths 8 and 9 have seen “a large number of people from outside Vasco taking centre stage rather than citizens of the port town expressing their opinion.”  “The large number of people from outside Vasco town who are not connected in any way with the coal handling operations at the Port have landed at the hearing…

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