Passengers on board a flight from the Indian city of Amritsar said Thursday they were forced to collect money on board the plane to fund the remainder of their trip back to Britain. Those on board said they were "held to ransom" for six hours on the runway in the Austrian capital Vienna after the flight with Austrian airline Comtel Air from Amritsar stopped to refuel.
Passengers said they were told they had to hand over £20,000 ($31,500, 23,500 euros) to complete the journey to Birmingham in the English Midlands. More than 180 passengers, who should have arrived in Birmingham on Saturday, finally reached the city late on Tuesday, according to the Birmingham Mail newspaper. One passenger, Dalvinder Batra, told the paper: "It is absolutely disgusting. There are still people stuck out there." Ranbir Dehal said: "We were escorted to the cash point to take money out. They said there was a deficit of nearly 24,000 euros and they gave us receipts."
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