An IndiGo bus carrying passengers to an aircraft rammed into an Air India employee, injuring him seriously, at the Bengaluru airport on Saturday evening, according to a senior official of the national carrier.
However, IndiGo, in a statement, on Sunday said the AI staff received minor injuries in the incident.
The senior AI official said, "Shiv Shankar, a young contractual employee of the AI Engineering Services Limited, was returning to the terminal after despatching our Bengaluru-Male flight AI265. The IndiGo bus hit him and he was dragged for some distance before the bus stopped."
IndiGo, the largest airline in India in terms of passenger market share, on Sunday stated: "IndiGo confirms the incident involving a ferry coach hit at Bangalore airport on February 23 before the departure of 6E2808. The staff escaped...with minor injuries."
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