New Delhi: Here’s one more from the airline industry! A Go First flight took off from Bengaluru with more than 50 passengers forgotten in a bus on the tarmac on Monday. The aviation regulator DGCA has asked for a report.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation said today it is “looking into the matter”.
Flight G8 116 from Bengaluru to Delhi took off from the Kempegowda International Airport around 6.30 am on Monday. Passengers were taken in four buses to board the aircraft. One bus with some 55 passengers kept waiting as the Go First plane took off, according to complaints on Twitter tagging the airline, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office. The passengers had their boarding passes and their bags were checked in.
Go First Airways, responding to the tweets, said: “We regret the inconvenience caused.”
The passengers were reportedly accommodated on a flight that left four hours later, around 10 am. “We have sought a report from the airline and appropriate action shall be taken afterwards,” a DGCA official was quoted as saying by reports.
The airline, however, has not put out any statement on what appears to be a huge oversight.
Sumit Kumar, who works for Autopact in Bengaluru, was among the passengers left behind. “The passengers were given an alternative to take Air India flight this morning at 10:00 am,” he was quoted as saying. According to Kumar, their bus was left near the gate. “The ground staff was checking whether the flight took off. They said initially the flight will return. I missed my meetings. This is going to be my last flight on Go First,” he told NDTV.
