December 25, 2015, NewsCrunch
In a major lapse, Air India staff failed to spot a woman passenger, who had boarded a wrong flight, at Mumbai airport last week.
Vaishali Paranjape had to go to Jamnagar but got into a flight that was bound for Coimbatore.
She realised the mix-up only when the Coimbatore plane started taxiing, reports Mid Day.
After she alerted the crew, the plane aborted the flight and offloaded her. She made it to the Jamnagar flight on time.
The mix-up happened as the boarding gates were adjacent - 40 and 41.
Mid Day quotes an airport official, who described the incident as a major security lapse; the onus was on the airline staff to ensure passengers got on to their correct flight, he said.