Comedian Kapil Sharma on Wednesday vented out his anger and frustration at commercial airline IndiGo. 'Comedy King' Kapil Sharma had to face airport trouble due to the flight delay and therefore, he lashed out at Indigo and also pointed out its poor management of passengers including those 'on wheelchairs'. Not only this, the Comedian took to his official X handle and shared multiple videos of the incident and accused India's biggest commercial airline of 'lying, lying and lying'. Below is why Kapil Sharma lashed out at Indigo Airlines-
In his first tweet, Kapil Sharma wrote, "Dear @IndiGo6E first you made us wait in the bus for 50 minz, and now your team is saying pilot is stuck in traffic, what ? Really ? we supposed to take off by 8 pm n it’s 9:20, still there is no pilot in cockpit, do you think these 180 passengers will fly in indigo again ? Never #indigo 6E 5149 #shameless."
Thereafter, Kapil gave the update and shared a video in which multiple passengers were seen deboarding the flight and shifted to another flight. Sharing the video, Kapil Sharma wrote, "Now they r de boarding all the passengers n saying we will send you in another aircraft but again we have to go back to terminal for security check."
Finally, Kapil shared another video in which passengers were seen arguing with Indigo staff and demanding to see the 'Big Boss'. Sharma wrote, "People r suffering bcoz of you @IndiGo6E lying lying n lying, there r some old passengers on wheel chairs, not in a very good health condition. Shame on you."
As per the tagged flight number, the comedian was supposed to board flight number 6E 5149, a Mumbai-bound aircraft from Chennai. The flight's scheduled departure was 8:00 pm and the estimated arrival in Mumbai was 9:55 pm. However, as per Google Flights, the estimated departure of IndiGo 6E 5149 was delayed by four hours and the estimated departure showcased 12:10 am on November 30.
What did Indigo say in response?
After Kapil Sharma lashed out at the airline, Indigo wrote, "Thank you for taking the time to speak with our airport manager, Sir. We truly regret the delay which was due to operational reasons at Chennai airport. Your understanding is highly appreciated, and we are eager to serve to you better the next time. ~Snigdha."