A 5-minute TikTok that has already crossed 42 million views in 18 hours has turned IndiGo into India’s most trending – and most hated – topic overnight.
The video shows 28-year-old bride-to-be Aastha Sharma sobbing uncontrollably at Delhi’s Terminal 3 while still in her bridal lehenga. “I was supposed to land in Udaipur at 7 PM for my 9 PM wedding… my flight has been delayed 7 times and now it’s cancelled,” she cries into the camera. “My mandap is up, 800 guests are waiting, the groom is my childhood friend… and I’m stuck here since 4 in the morning.”
The clip ends with her screaming, “IndiGo just ruined my life!” as airport staff try to calm her down.
She’s not alone.
Within hours, thousands of passengers began stitching and duetting the video with their own horror stories under the hashtag #IndiGoRuinedMyLife (currently trending #1 in India, 2.8 million posts and counting).
The wildest viral moments so far:
- A Singapore High Commission official live-tweeting from the lounge: “My IndiGo flight to London is cheaper than a Delhi-Mumbai cab right now. ₹8,400 one-way. I’m not joking.” (His tweet has 1.1 million likes)
- A groom from Hyderabad who reached his own baraat 14 hours late – the bride’s family had already started packing up.
- A cancer patient who missed his chemotherapy session in Mumbai because the Delhi-Bengaluru flight was cancelled four times in a row.
- An entire cabin crew filming a reel inside a grounded aircraft, dancing to “Calm Down” while passengers begged for water (backlash was instant).
IndiGo’s official statement at 3 PM – “regretting the inconvenience caused due to unexpected operational issues” – only poured fuel on the fire. Netizens spammed every reply with crying emojis and screenshots of ₹70,000-₹1,20,000 last-minute tickets on rival airlines.
By 10 PM, #BoycottIndiGo was trending alongside memes of Allu Arjun’s Pushpa saying “Jhukega nahi” – but with IndiGo’s logo photoshopped on the villain.
Meanwhile, aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has called an emergency meeting tomorrow morning, and DGCA sources say IndiGo could face its heaviest fine ever.
As one viral tweet with 3 million views put it: “Pushpa 2 celebrated one year of ruling the box office today… IndiGo celebrated by ruling 200,000 people’s worst day of the year.”
The internet has crowned this the biggest Indian aviation meltdown since the 2022 “GoFirst never went” saga.
And Aastha? Her childhood friend-turned-groom took a red-eye Vistara flight, landed in Delhi at midnight, and married her at the airport itself in front of Gate 28. The video of that impromptu ceremony is now battling the original meltdown clip for the top spot on every platform.
India has its official viral moment of December 2025 – and it’s painted Indigo.
