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India's aviation regulator has pulled up an airline for leaving behind passengers on The tarmac in The southern Indian state of Karnataka.

A flight by Go First, previously known as Go Air, took off from The Airport in Bengaluru city, leaving More Than 50 passengers forgotten in a bus.

Reports said The Travellers had checked in their baggage and had boarding passes in hand.

The airline said it was investigating The Incident .

Go First apologised to passengers who complained on Twitter but has yet to explain what caused The Confusion .

The Bengaluru-Delhi flight took off at 06:20 on Monday even as several passengers were still on one of its buses on The tarmac.

" The ground staff was checking whether The Flight took off, " Sumit Kumar , one of The Passengers , told. " Initially, they said The Flight will return. "

After The Flight left, angry passengers tweeted about their experience, criticising Go First for its " negligence".

The Passengers tagged The airline, The federal aviation minister and The Prime Minister 's office in their tweets.

Go First, responded to them, saying: " We regret The inconvenience caused. "

A representative of The airline later that The Incident was being " investigated" but declined to comment further.

News agency ANI that 53 passengers were later accommodated on a different airline's flight while two others received refunds for their tickets.

India's aviation regulator, The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, " has sought a report from The airline and will take appropriate action" .

The Incident is The latest in a series of recent complaints against airlines in Indian.

Last week, The Pilot and crew of an Air India flight were derostered for who urinated on an Elderly Woman .

Source of news: bbc.com