IndiGo passenger’s seat moves back mid-air, video sparks safety concerns

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Imagine taking off, only to feel your seat suddenly jerk backward. That’s what happened to IndiGo passenger Daksh Sethi on a Delhi-Lucknow flight. Watch the viral video that’s raising serious safety concerns.

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00:00Everybody was engrossed in whatever they were doing, and suddenly the three seats go

00:07back with a jerk.

00:08That's Daksh Sethi, an Indigo passenger who shared this video on 18th March 2025.

00:13The video showed him along with two other passengers on a Delhi-to-Lucknow-bound flight.

00:17Not a good feeling at all.

00:18It was like a feeling of free fall in a flying aircraft which is just taking off.

00:22Not a good feeling at all.

00:24This was like a mini heart attack.

00:27Sethi went on to explain that he never experienced something like this before, even in the worst

00:31turbulent weather.

00:32And then we soon realised that the seats are loose, it's literally moving on a single nut.

00:36Somebody sitting on the other side of the aisle made a video and it happened again.

00:39And then the crew politely, you know, they shifted us to the back.

00:45After that, there was no problem at all.

00:47After landing, we found out that the whole seat is moving backwards.

00:52Indigo acknowledged the issue and apologised for the inconvenience while they investigated

00:56the matter.

00:57While Sethi appreciated the crew's quick response, he pointed out the serious safety and maintenance

01:01issues that could have been more dangerous for elderly passengers or those with medical

01:05conditions.

01:06FYI, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation requires checks to be performed according

01:11to the aircraft's flight manual before each flight.

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