'Super Awesome': Indigo Pilot Surprises Passengers On Mumbai-Mangaluru Flight, Makes Announcement In Tulu
The viral video shows the Mangaluru-bound Indigo flight¡¯s first captain welcoming all the passengers onboard in Tulu. The language is spoken mainly in Dakshin Kannada area of Karnataka.
More often than not, we ignore the pre-flight announcements and assume we have heard it all before. However, a pilot's message caught everyone's attention on an IndiGo flight, after the first officer made the announcement in the Tulu language before takeoff.
The viral video shows the Mangaluru-bound Indigo flight¡¯s first captain welcoming all the passengers onboard in Tulu. The language is spoken mainly in Dakshin Kannada area of Karnataka.
Happy to see how Captian Pradeep Padmashali announces in Tulu language on Indigo flight from Bombay to Mangalore....! ?
¡ª Beauty of Tulunad (@beautyoftulunad) December 25, 2021
Thank you so much @IndiGo6E lots of Love from Tuluvas to you ..??#Indigo #TuluLanguage #flights pic.twitter.com/Be3IlrzcRR
While in-flight announcements are usually done in Hindi along with English, this was a refreshing change.
First Officer Pradeep Padmashali, surprised the flyers on December 24 onboard flight number 6E 6051. The flight was on its way from Mumbai to Mangaluru. The announcement came in just before it departed Mumbai.
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In the clip, Padmashali welcomed onboard the passengers and wished them a comfortable journey during the trip which was to take an hour and five minutes. He then switched to English and also informed the passengers that it was his mother tongue 'Tulu', which was spoken in Dakshina Kannada.
A social media user shared the clip online and expressed his delight on hearing an announcement in Tulu, ¡°We usually hear pilots making announcements in Hindi and English. It was really nice to hear something in Tulu.¡°
The thoughtful move by the crew has left people delighted.
This is super awesome ?..
¡ª Shettre (@Vishwasshettre) December 25, 2021
a big thank you @IndiGo6E and to the pilot Mr Pradeep.
Good to see team Indigo encourage the usuage of Native languages like Tulu ???
Awesome... Amazing to hear in tulu language ?
¡ª R S Shetty (@RSShetty9) December 27, 2021
@IndiGo6E thank you so much Indigo and you cabin crew for welcoming guests in Tulu .All Mangaloreans are delighted #tulufor8thschedule
¡ª Sandy (@Sandy31237682) December 26, 2021
????? ???? ???? in Indigo BOM- IXE flight
¡ª Prashanth M Ubar (@PrashanthUbar) December 25, 2021
Flight Commander Mr. Pradeep Padmashali.
???????? ??#Tulu #NammaKudla pic.twitter.com/RBkKvmMHCb
Tulu announcement in flight ?
¡ª Mahi Mulki (@Mahimulki) December 25, 2021
By pilot Pradeep Padmashali??
Thank you!! #TuluOfficialinKA_KL #tulufor8thschedule #Tulunad pic.twitter.com/jXJod99lll
Flight announcement in Tulu¡ thanks @IndiGo6E for the initiative to introduce local languages during the flight announcements #Tulunadu #Tulubashe #Kudla @bhatinmaai pic.twitter.com/pQm7VzCv6A
¡ª Panduranga Pai (@maroorpandu) December 25, 2021
Indigo Airline Pilot makes announcements in Local Tulu Language......??
¡ª Adarsh Hegde (@adarshahgd) December 25, 2021
Every Airline should promote use of regional Languages.?@JM_Scindia pic.twitter.com/eiOgtCyQOM
An Indigo representative reportedly confirmed the incident to The New Indian Express, ¡°Pilot Pradeep Padmashali is a native of Mangaluru. Indigo is taking regular steps to connect with its flyers and using regional languages is just one of such initiatives.¡±
In October, Patna-bound Indigo flight¡¯s captain welcomed all the passengers onboard in Bhojpuri. The language is spoken mainly in Bihar and other states including Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh.
¡°We, the Indigo family welcome you all¡captain Prateek is in cockpit¡Marsi..Sonika, Yashee and Komal are in-charge of the crew,¡± the pilot announced.
?????? ?? ???? ??????? ?? ???? ??????? ??? ?????? ??? ?????? ?@IndiGo6E? ?? ? ??? ????? ??? ??. ???????, ????, ?????, ??????? ?? ?????? ??? ?????? ?? ??????? ??? ???????? ??? ?? ???? ???? ???. ?????? ?? ???????? ?? ?? ? ???? ?????? ??? ??? ???. ?@aakharbhojpuri? pic.twitter.com/u1o2oDivJ4
¡ª Devendra N. Tiwari (????????) (@JournoDev) October 29, 2021
¡°The flight is not fully loaded. There is less [sic] passenger on this route due to Diwali and Chatth puja. Passengers are more on the returning route,¡± he went ahead to explain.
He asked the passengers if they were able to understand his Bhojpuri well, asking if they wanted him to translate the announcement into Hindi. He further said that while the state of Bihar had several languages, including Maithili and Maghim, he only knew Bhojpuri, hence was making the announcement in the language.
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