A Frankfurt-Bengaluru Lufthansa flight that left Germany on October 18 has been stranded in Istanbul, Turkey after the flight was diverted resulting from a medical emergency. Caught at Istanbul airport for near 40 hours, passengers, and their relations, known as out the airways on social media for failing to deal with the scenario at the same time as the corporate mentioned it “is doing all the pieces to minimise the inconveniences for its passengers”.
Grammy winner Ricky Kej, who can be one of many passengers aboard the LH 754 flight, took to Twitter to flag the inconvenience attributable to the airways. In a sequence of tweets, Kej mentioned, “Can’t imagine how Lufthansa takes Indian clients as a right. My Frnkfurt-Blore flight landed final night at 7pm in Istanbul for medical emergency. 17 hours later – no resort, no employees, no rationalization, 300 passengers stranded, no information in anyway.”
Tweeting at 12 am Thursday, Kej mentioned, “27 hours -still stranded in Istanbul Airport. @lufthansa airline clearly affected by existential Disaster. Being known as Racists, complacent, incapable, detached, evil, whereas 380 passengers – primarily Indian, are handled as homeless. No resort, no lounge, no entry to baggage.”
27 hours -still stranded in Istanbul Airport. @lufthansa airline clearly affected by existential Disaster. Being known as Racists, complacent, incapable, detached, evil, whereas 380 passengers – primarily Indian, are handled as homeless. No resort, no lounge, no entry to baggage. pic.twitter.com/XFJBfUKvdq
— Ricky Kej (@rickykej) October 19, 2022
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He alleged that they have been being handled shabbily “solely as a result of it’s the Indian sector”.
Different passengers too took to social media on the intervening evening of October 19 and 20 to vent their anger. “Over 32 hrs, nonetheless stranded in Istanbul. Already 4 occasions EST have modified, no extra vitality left, household right here and again residence are anxious, annoyed. Some ppl began planning to return to supply place the place they began,” mentioned Chinnamalairaja in a tweet.
@lufthansa Painful that we have been sleeping within the ground, 24 hours in lounge and no help, no readability after we will land, my ticket quantity 2202483359837. See some painful footage pic.twitter.com/SdFyG2B9k8
— Chinnamalairaja (@acmraja) October 19, 2022
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“Please assist us…we’re caught in Istanbul airport with no assist from Lufthansa airways. We aren’t in a position to even use airport wifi freely… it’s onerous to achieve anybody as this isn’t our territory. #helpIndia #strandedIndians,” Shekhar Yeleswarapu tweeted.
Saravanan S, whose spouse and son have been stranded on the airport, hit out on the airline. “@Lufthansa_DE what’s the standing of LH754(frankfurt to bengaluru) which was diverted to Istanbul resulting from medical emergency? My son and my spouse are struggling greater than 30 hrs in Istanbul airport. Please take away the caption of non cease flights for those who cease as soon as, you by no means begin once more,” he tweeted.
In response to the tweets, Lufthansa Airways mentioned, “Lufthansa flight LH754/18 October from Frankfurt to Bangalore needed to be diverted to Istanbul resulting from a medical emergency on board. For security causes, the oxygen cylinders used to deal with the medical emergency should be changed earlier than persevering with the flight.”
It added, “Sadly, this takes extra time than initially anticipated. The flight continuation from Istanbul to Bangalore is now scheduled for 8 pm native time in the present day. Lufthansa deeply regrets the circumstances and is doing all the pieces to attenuate the inconveniences for its passengers.”