IndiGo passengers left sweating in darkness for 30 minutes as power system fails on Vadodara-Delhi flight

Nearly 160 passengers on an IndiGo aircraft waiting to depart from Vadodara to Delhi on Sunday night (May 17) experienced an uncomfortable situation when the aircraft lost power before take off. The incident occurred while the aircraft was connected to the ground power unit, which suddenly stopped functioning. Airport officials said the flight, operating as IndiGo 6E 657, was scheduled to leave at 8.40 pm. Engineers rushed to the aircraft to identify the problem and it reportedly took close to 12 to 15 minutes to repair the faulty GPU. An additional 15 minutes were required before power was fully restored inside the cabin.