Pandemonium broke out yesterday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA),Lagos as stranded passengers of a Delta airline scheduled flight to the United States openly protested the treatment meted out to them by the airline.
The 30 intending passengers who were billed to travel to the United States on the flight, became outraged by the airline’s refusal to allow them board the flight without any reason, as they insisted that they had the right to travel on the flight.
Looking enraged,one of the passengers told THISDAY that he had already checked in only to be asked to disembark after a few minutes by officials of the airline.
According to him, the only explanation the management of the airline gave was that it could not take them because of the weight of the aircraft, adding that some passengers who were billed to travel the previous day were also turned back the same way they were treated yesterday.
According to an eye witness account,the passengers wanted to beat up some of the officials of the airline who quickly requested for police protection.
One of the passengers, Prince Leye said that he bought his ticket since March 30,2008 ,adding that he was at the airport three hours before the check-in and that the airline did not give reason for preventing the passengers from boarding.