A video of the IndiGo pilot making an in-flight announcement in Tulu (language spoken in Dakshina Kannada) is going viral on social media.

The flight captain has been identified as Pradeep Padmashali, welcomed passengers onboard a Mumbai to Mangaluru flight speaking in Tulu. He later informed the passengers that Tulu is his mother tongue and switched to English. Padmashali made the announcement before the flight's departure from Mumbai.