New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- An Etihad Airways flight from Delhi to Abu Dhabi was cancelled late on Saturday evening due to a technical issue with a Boeing 787 aircraft, leaving around 200 passengers stranded.

A number of passengers who had booked tickets for the flight EY217 from Delhi to Abu Dhabi told PTI that the flight was scheduled to depart at 9:15 pm.

All passengers were asked to deboard the aircraft, with the crew telling them that there was a technical issue with the aircraft.

After a few hours, the airline made an announcement that the flight had been cancelled.

The fact that the passengers had already boarded does not by itself remove the cancellation protections guaranteed to them. As per the DGCA, a 'cancellation' of a flight ...