THe stupid media is going overboard with this ID stuff. I dont think whethrr anyone bothered to check if the airline had indeed processed the papers and sent ito the concerned govt official and if the delay was for some reason like the "laminating machine " was out of order for one week or some such stuff!
No unbeleivable - it was reported recently that one of India's busiest passport office is going slow on issuing passports because only very new "passport boooklets" has reached the concerned office in the past few months!