An 'influential' Gujarati family reportedly bribed its way to prevent a Jet Airways aircraft from taking off without their late companions and caused the Mumbai to Bhopal flight to be delayed for two hours. Allegedly, the airline conceded to their demands because of their close connection to a 'powerful' minister.

The airline decided to cancel the tickets of the other passengers onboard in order to accommodate the 17 latecomers, according to various reports. The resultant chaos, which ensued for an hour, ended with five people getting off the plane after accepting a compensation of Rs. 10,000 offered by Jet Airways.

Flight 9W 7083, on which the incident took place, was earlier scheduled to take off at 5:55 am on Friday. Jet Airways even released a statement regarding the ‘unruly situation’.