India, May 1 -- Chaos unfolded at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport's (CSMIA's) Terminal 1 on Wednesday night after three SpiceJet flights were cancelled and two were significantly delayed, leaving passengers stranded for hours.

Three late-night departures-to Delhi, Gorakhpur and Bengaluru-were cancelled, while at least two Mumbai-Ahmedabad flights were delayed into the early hours of Thursday. With little clarity on departures, agitated passengers raised slogans inside the terminal and confronted airline staff; some also protested on the tarmac.

A passenger, Krishnakant Mishra, tweeted that there was a pathetic situation at Terminal 1, as multiple SpiceJet flights to Ahmedabad, Delhi, and Bangalore have reportedly been ...