We sincerely apologise: Go First after flight takes off without 55 flyers

Go First's Delhi-bound flight G8-116 left behind 55 passengers in a coach at Bengaluru airport

Go First Airways issued an apology on Tuesday after its Delhi-bound flight left behind more than 55 passengers at the airport.

"We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused to the passengers due to an inadvertent oversight in the reconciliation of flight G8-116, from Bengaluru to Delhi," the airline said in a statement. 

On Monday, flight G8-116 took off for Delhi from Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport around 6.30 am forgetting 55 passengers in a coach at the airport.

According to the statement, passengers were accommodated on alternate airlines to Delhi and onward to other destinations.

"We deeply appreciate and value your patience