It is to be noted that Tulu is a language spoken in Dakshina Kannada and is flight captain's mother tongue
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A video of the IndiGo pilot making an in-flight announcement in Tulu (language spoken in Dakshina Kannada) is going viral on social media.
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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.
The video was shared by the Twitter account 'Beauty of Tulunad' on social media.
Happy to see how Captian Pradeep Padmashali announces in Tulu language on Indigo flight from Bombay to Mangalore....! 😍
— Beauty of Tulunad (@beautyoftulunad) December 25, 2021
Thank you so much @IndiGo6E lots of Love from Tuluvas to you ..❤️#Indigo #TuluLanguage #flights pic.twitter.com/Be3IlrzcRR
The captain's announcement in his mother tongue was also appreciated by netizens.
Thank you sir. Feel proud on DK. 🙏❤️
— Arshad Sheikh (@ArshadS07883846) December 28, 2021
Very good. We should promote regional language also
— SUDIP (@SUDIP87239294) December 28, 2021
Awesome... Amazing to hear in tulu language 😍
— R S Shetty (@RSShetty9) December 27, 2021
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