When tractors ferried passengers to flooded Bengaluru airport

BENGALURU: Heavy rain caused waterlogging on the kerbside and several places of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) late Monday evening, forcing many passengers to hop on to tractors to reach the airport and delaying at least 20 departing flights due to the bad weather.

Cab operators suspended their services around midnight as the road leading to the country’s third busiest and fastest-growing airport was flooded. A 178.2mm rainfall in 24 hours left several passengers frazzled, having not been able to clear the last mile to the airport.

In a video that has gone viral, passengers can be seen climbing onto tractors, hauling their luggage along as a person is heard hollering the destination name (read: airport).