Overview
- Tapesh Kumar posted an Instagram video that documented him flying his mother as a passenger for the first time on Sunday and showed him waiting at the boarding gate and hugging her as she boarded.
- The clip follows the pair through a Hyderabad layover in which they posed by the aircraft, stayed at a hotel, shared meals, and the mother entered a swimming pool for the first time.
- In the post caption and on-screen text, Tapesh joked that it was the first time she did not say "dheere chala" and said the pressure to deliver a good landing was real.
- Hindustan Times, News18 and The Tribune reported the footage based on Kumar’s Instagram post and described the video’s personal moments without any operational or safety concerns.
- The video has drawn broadly positive social media reaction, with viewers praising the gesture as a simple reminder of how career milestones gain meaning when shared with family.