Vir Das shares harrowing flight experience on Twitter; gets lauded for his funny take after being stuck for five hours – Times of India

Comedian Vir Das had a rather harrowing experience on a Leh bound Air India flight as he was stuck for nearly five hours in the plane. A chaos ensued as the passengers argued with the staff and Vir Das took to Twitter to share his observations, but not without his touch of humour. “Air India staff claimed other flights were cancelled. All Other flights have landed. @airindiain. Passengers have begun to revolt. Fun times. Now dudes are calling their people in Leh who are telling them the weather is clear. Captain is not coming out of the cockpit. Cabin crew has gone in. We’re just all 50 folks standing at the front of the plane. Like hungry dudes waiting for Haldirams to open,” he wrote.

Explaining how things escalated quickly on the flight, Vir continued on the thread, “Now the poor crew is telling the angry passengers that Air India is safer than other airlines which is why they can’t fly and have higher safety standards. Some dudes have launched into corporate policy and management jargon. Captain is trying to talk from the cockpit. We have now reached ‘sir weather is not on the ground, weather is in the air’ and ‘I will write to the home minister.'”

After about half an hour of being patient, the passengers started yelling and the Air India manager kept asking them to go back so they can take off, Vir explained further, adding, “The captain and crew changed. I felt like we went through so much together. Wishing them well. Now there’s a younger captain on the mic. Let’s hope he drives faster.”

When the flight finally took off, Vir shared a selfie from his seat showing up a thumbs-up and wrote, “The plane is moving! I’m so happy I could cry. I might just, my t-shirt is soaked in sweat anyway. Maybe my tears are cooler than my sweat and can bring my body temperature down.”

Netizens were impressed by Vir’s funny take on the incident and some of them applauded Vir on Twitter. “This is the most fun Twitter thread I have read this week. Happy Weekend,” wrote one user. “You already have an audience, perfect place for standup,” wrote another.