Go First departs Bengaluru leaving 50 passengers behind; DGCA seeks report

A Go First plane which was Delhi-bound reportedly left the Bengaluru airport without any of its nearly 50 passengers. The passengers were left waiting in a shuttle bus for boarding. The aviation regulator DGCA has sought a report from the airline on the incident.

The airport officials and staff later issued all the passengers fresh boarding passes. The passengers were accommodated on a flight which left Bengaluru at 10 am on Monday.

Some passengers alleged on social media that a busload of passengers were not taken onboard the Go First flight from Bengaluru to Delhi. Flight G8 116 departed at 6.40 am on Monday, January 9 leaving behind the passengers, they alleged. Go First declined to comment on the incident.

However, in response to one of the tweets, the airline urged the users to share their details and said: “We regret the inconvenience caused”. “Flight G8 116 (BLR-DEL) flew leaving passengers on the ground! More than 50 passengers on 1 bus were left on the ground & the flight took off with just passengers of 1 bus on board. Is @GoFirstairways @JM_Scindia @PMOIndia operating in sleep? No Basic checks!” said a tweet from a passenger named Satish Kumar.

Another passenger Shreya Sinha too complained on Twitter, 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, the driver stopped the bus after being forced. Flight G8 116 takes off, leaving 50+ passengers. Heights of negligence! @DGCAIndia”.

A senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said, “We have sought a report from the airline and appropriate action shall be taken afterwards”.

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