Radhika Apte says airline locked passengers in aerobridge, refused to open doors: ‘very stupid staff’

Radhika Apte is currently fuming – and with good reason too. The actor was among dozens of passengers who were locked inside an aerobridge and left to fend for themselves by an airline.

Apte, 38, shared details of the incident in an Instagram post she wrote while she is still locked inside the aerobridge. Without naming the airline or the airport, she said that she had an 8.30 am flight that was delayed without providing a clear reason.

At around 10 am, the airline told passengers that boarding would begin and asked everyone to assemble on the bridge which connects the airport to the plane. The staff then locked the aerobridge, leaving passengers inside with no water or access to washrooms.

The post was shared at 10.50 am this morning, by which time the passengers had been locked in the aerobridge for over an hour.
“Today morning I had a flight at 8:30. It’s 10:50 now and the flight has still not boarded. BUT the flight said we were boarding and put all the passengers in the aerobridge and LOCKED IT!” Radhika Apte wrote, sharing photos of herself and other passengers waiting and trying to question the airline staff.

According to Apte, “passengers with small babies and elderly people” were among those locked inside the aerobridge. The airline staff she slammed as absolutely clueless and unwilling to share information.