India, May 26 -- Passengers of an Ahmedabad-bound SpiceJet flight were stranded at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) for over five hours on Monday after an operational issue delayed the flight, with several flyers alleging poor communication from the airline staff.

Flight SG 880, scheduled to depart Mumbai at 4.35 pm, eventually took off at 9.43 pm and landed in Ahmedabad at 10.32 pm, according to Flightradar24. The same flight had faced an even longer delay on Sunday, departing Mumbai only at 11.24 pm and reaching Ahmedabad at 12.13 am on Monday, according to flight-tracking data.

Vishnu Deo Mahto, 34, an engineer travelling to Ahmedabad for work, said the flight was repeatedly delayed despite repeated assur...