Techie couple attends own wedding reception through video call after IndiGo flight disruption

A techie couple stranded in Bhubaneswar due to IndiGo flight cancellations attended their own wedding reception through a video call as guests waited in Hubballi. Their gesture went viral even as flight disruptions continued across major cities amid pilot shortage issues.

Hyderabad: The ongoing wave of IndiGo flight disruptions has left thousands of passengers stranded across major airports, and among them was a techie couple who were forced to attend their own wedding reception virtually after their flight from Bhubaneswar to Bengaluru got delayed multiple times, before eventually getting cancelled.

Medha Kshirsagar of Hubballi and Sangama Das of Bhubaneswar, both working in an IT firm in Bengaluru, were scheduled to be at their wedding reception organised by the bride’s family in Hubballi on Wednesday.

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However, their travel plan took an unusual turn after their IndiGo flight from Bhubaneswar, where they got married, to Bengaluru and onwards to the bride’s hometown was cancelled due to the ongoing pilot shortage across the country.

The couple, stranded in Bhubaneswar from December 2 to 3 after repeated flight delays, decided to join their reception through a video call as all the guests invited to the function had already gathered at the venue on the given date.

Dressed in traditional attire for the occasion, the couple marked their presence through the video call for their own wedding reception.

While the bride’s parents had to step in to perform the rituals on behalf of the newlyweds, the guests at the venue got a glimpse of the couple thanks to technology. The couple’s heartwarming gesture is winning hearts online, with netizens praising them for their effort in not cancelling the event and making sure their presence was felt using technology.

Meanwhile, several IndiGo flights remain cancelled across India this week after the airline failed to make sufficient changes to its roster to meet new government norms.

Flight services to several cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai among others continue to be hit.