A video showing passengers standing in the aisle of an IndiGo flight, moving between seats and passing food to relatives has sparked a debate on social media. The video was posted on Instagram by user Neeraj Priyanka Choudhary and was reportedly recorded during an IndiGo flight from Krabi in Thailand to New Delhi.
Some users compared the scene inside the aircraft to a “local train”.
In the video, several passengers seated in the front rows can be seen standing in the aisle, leaning over their seats and speaking to relatives seated further behind. Some passengers also appear to be carrying food between rows and handing it to others. Two cabin crew members can be seen moving through the area and asking passengers to return to their seats. “Chaotic scenes on my flight. Basic civic sense and respect for fellow passengers matter,” he wrote in the caption of the video. He clarified that he had no objection to passengers eating during the flight but was concerned about their behaviour and alleged disregard for safety instructions. The video has since gained traction online, with users debating whether the passengers’ behaviour was merely disruptive or also raised concerns about flight safety.
Because of turbulence while some passengers continued to stand and move around, he also claimed that the seatbelt sign had been switched on. He said passengers occupying rows 1 to 5 were talking loudly, moving around the cabin and sharing food. A group in rows 1–5 kept shouting, passing food around and ignoring repeated instructions from the cabin crew, disturbing everyone around them. One user wrote, “The passengers must be give a travel Ban atleast for 3 months for not following cabin safety rules.
However, according to Choudhary, some passengers continued to move around and talk despite repeated instructions. Responding to comments on his post, Choudhary said he had tried to raise the issue with the cabin crew. He also said the cabin crew appeared to have difficulty getting the passengers to sit down. One crew member indicated that the passengers were not listening to their instructions, according to him. Another said, “The food smell in closed cabin, why coudnt they eat at airport when came 3 hour earlier ,just to flex eating in cabin.”
