Passengers protest at Mumbai airport as IndiGo flight to Istanbul gets delayed by 16 hours

IndiGo's Mumbai-Istanbul flight of December 28 - 6E17 - scheduled to depart at 6.55 am, had to be cancelled due to a technical glitch. The flight eventually took off at 11 pm.

Passengers claimed no food or even water was served, and no airline representative was willing to listen to their grievances during the waiting hours.

"Mumbai to Istanbul journey suspended after 10 hours waiting by passengers. Information that there are around 100 passengers in this journey and the number of students is large. Kids are crying at the airport, no resolution from authorities," said a passenger in his post on X, also tagging Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol.