An unusual scene unfolded in Karnataka’s Hubballi where a newly married couple joined their own wedding reception via video conferencing after they failed to reach Hubballi due to multiple Indigo flight cancellations.

Medha Kshirsagar of Hubballi and Sangam Das of Bhubaneswar, both software engineers working in Bengaluru, tied the knot November 23 in Bhubaneswar. Their wedding reception was scheduled for December 3 at Gujarat Bhavan in Hubballi, the bride’s hometown.

The couple had booked tickets for December 2 to travel from Bhubaneswar to Hubballi via Bengaluru. But after repeated delays, their flight was finally cancelled on the morning of December 3. The disruption occurred as Indigo cancelled hundreds of flights nationwide due to pilot shortages and operational issues.

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