Did Jaspal Bhatti predict Indigo crisis?: Late comedian's old clip goes viral amid India's aviation meltdown
PTC News Desk: As India's aviation sector is grappling with severe disruption with the IndiGo crisis stretching nearly into a week leaving thousands worried and in sheer turmoil, an unlikely figure has re-entered public conversation: legendary satirist Jaspal Bhatti.
Amid this unprecedented chaos, internet has revived a decade old clip of Jaspal Bhatti from his cult ’90s series Full Tension with many jokingly asking: Did Jaspal Bhatti predict all of this 30 years ago?
Today’s Indigo situation was visualised a long time ago by Jaspal Bhatti ????????????
Simply brilliant and ahead of his times..#FI pic.twitter.com/By28Hw1Xsn — Fundamental Investor ™ ???????? (@FI_InvestIndia) December 6, 2025
The old clip now going viral appears to project present scenario of the airlines where Bhatti portraying airline official desperately pretending that everything i sunder control. The video created as shockingly exaggerated comedy, today pretty much feels relevant amid India's aviation meltdown.
Passengers in the skit are shown clueless passengers running from counter to counter pleading, arguing and demanding answers for the chaos and the flight cancellations.
The Instagram post sharing the clip came with the caption, “When you realise Jaspal Bhatti had predicted the IndiGo 2025 chaos in ’89."
Soon after the video went viral, netizens flooded the comment section calling Bhatti a visionary and admitting that the satire show was way ahead of its time. Meanwhile, a user even called the comedian “Simpson Of India." Another added, “IndiGo should hire him, he saw the future before Google maps existed."
Indigo crisis
Operations at IndiGo, India’s largest airline, are still far from normal, with flight disruptions continuing for the seventh consecutive day in what has become the country’s biggest-ever aviation crisis. On Monday, more than 350 IndiGo flights were cancelled across several airports.
The crisis began due to a severe shortage of cockpit crew after new pilot rest rules — the Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) — were fully enforced. The sudden impact led to chaos at airports nationwide, prompting the government to intervene and temporarily suspend the rule. IndiGo expects to restore normal operations by December 10.
- PTC NEWS
