Passenger falls asleep on airport bus and misses flight
An airline is under scrutiny after a checked-in passenger fell asleep on an airport bus and the flight took off without him.
The bus was ferrying passengers to the IndiGo aircraft from the terminal at Mumbai Airport and the driver and other airport personnel failed to spot him.
The bus was then parked up and locked, trapping him inside for six hours.
The man, who did not want his identity disclosed, said he dozed off due to exhaustion after working too hard.
"I was in Mumbai for official work and continuously working for two-three days. I was very tired and fell asleep after I sat on the back seat, close to the air-conditioning vent," he said.
"I spent the entire night at the airport and took the first flight to Bangalore in the morning."
He said at first he was considered a trespasser after being found in the bus before he had the chance to prove his story.
Airlines go through multiple head count checks during boarding and on the flight, and it is unclear how crew failed to spot that they were one passenger short.
"In this case, the procedure was not followed and police and Bureau for Civil Aviation Security have been informed," an airport authority official said.
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