Air India flight takes off with defective ACs, leaving passengers breathless

New Delhi: A malfunction occurred in the air conditioning system of the Delhi bound Air India flight AI 880 when it suddenly stopped working, leaving passengers breathless.

The incident happened after the flight took off for Delhi from Bagdogra district of West Bengal.

In the video that has been viral on social media, passengers can be seen fanning using the magazines, aircraft safety cards and leading to the noisy protest.

Video Courtesy: ANI

#WATCH Air India Delhi-Bagdogra flight took off with faulty AC system, passengers protested complaining of suffocation pic.twitter.com/3nibvSrb1E

— ANI (@ANI_news) 3 July 2017

Passengers also tried to put on the oxygen masks but unfortunately the masks also did not work.

ALSO READ: Laptops ban lifted for flights from Abu Dhabi to US

One of the passengers Debasmita , took to twitter and complaint about the inconvenience.

Cabin crew Ms.Gole has pointed some passengers as 'stupid'.i guess we are,because we booked our ticket in @airindiain

— Debasmita (@Debasmita076) 2 July 2017

@airindiain AR 880 started from IXB without AC and oxygen.Who give the permission to put 310 passengers life in risk?

— Debasmita (@Debasmita076) 2 July 2017

@airindiain AI 880 the AC & oxygen mask (only one)was not working from IXB though the captain did nothing.Lodged a complain at DEL .

— Debasmita (@Debasmita076) 2 July 2017

The flight Al-880, which had 168 passengers on board, took off at 1355 hours on Sunday from Bagdogra and landed at 1605 hours in New Delhi. After 20 minutes of departure, passengers started complaining about the malfunctioning of the AC.