BENGALURU: A Go First flight from Bengaluru to Delhi took off from the Kempegowda International Airport on Monday leaving behind 54 passengers.
A shuttle service had dropped off 50 passengers to the aircraft and another bus carrying 54 passengers was heading towards the aircraft (flight G8 116 BLR – DEL) when it took off, leaving the passengers stranded.
Many of them tweeted, venting their ire against the airline and tagging the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Prime Minister’s Office regarding the incident.
@SinhaShreya_ tweeted saying, “Most horrifying experience with @GoFirstairways; 5:35 am Boarded the bus for aircraft; 6:30 am Still in bus stuffed with over 50 passengers, driver stopped the bus after being forced. Flight G8 116 takes off, leaving 50+ passengers. Heights of negligence!
@saikrishnag tweeted, “@DGCAIndia we missed flight G8 116 because of negligence by GoAir flight services. Actual departure at 6.20am after boarding check we are around 40 people got it into bus but it kept roaming near flight terminal. Finally we got to know flight left already with out board”
Another Twitter user, @crishnaveen, said, ” #dgca need enquiry into this. Today #gofirstairairways flight G8-116 blr-del.6.20 am flight, left 60 people stranded in bus ,after boarding pass done, passed through gate, in bus on tarmac and takes off without them. No co ordination between grdn stff ,pilots total chaos
Twitter user @tanviabb commented, ” Go First Flight takes off from Bengaluru to Delhi leaving 50 passengers,
@JM_Scindia should actually step down as aviation minister,more chaos in his administration. @DGCAIndia
Following the goof-up, the airline apologised to the passengers on Twitter. The DGCA has also sought a report from the airline regarding the incident.