AirAsia Flight Leaves Behind Karnataka Governor, Airlines Launches Probe

The AirAsia plane took off before the Karnataka Governor could reach from the lounge to the boarding gate.

AirAsia launched an investigation after a Bengaluru-Hyderabad flight took off without one of their passengers - Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. Mr Gehlot was waiting at the airport lounge and had already checked in his luggage. But the plane took off for Hyderabad before he could reach the boarding gate.

The Governor's team lodged a complaint at the Kempegowda International Airport police station calling this a breach of protocol.

According to sources, Mr Gehlot was supposed to fly to Hyderabad on Thursday afternoon from Terminal-2 from where he was to visit Raichur by road to attend a convocation.