Flight to Nowhere - India

Mar 2008
Meet Bahadur Chand Gupta, a former aeronautical engineer turned entrepreneur who's now dedicating his life to helping India's poor.

Every morning, Gupta and his wife invite villagers and slum dwellers to board their Airbus 300 in Delhi, for an experience of a life time.

However, it isn't what you think; the plane doesn't actually fly anywhere. Instead, the passengers get a feel of air travel, listening to announcements and get waited on by stewardesses. They buckle themselves in and watch safety demonstrations and even get fed during the experience.

While Gupta captivates the villagers with his aero-experience, he delivers a public service message about raising awareness of drug, population and AIDS control.


"We are giving the free trip to the people and we want to use this thing to serve the society. So we want that the people, the children, should be very good citizen of India tomorrow".

Produced by SBS/Dateline
Distributed by Journeyman Pictures

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[aveenPulimi]

Good work...I can see the happiness and anxiety in each of the children's face...they'll never forget this experience in their life...I used to be like one of them when I was a kid...used to wait for hours near the airports to see the planes take off and land...

[IdoCareForPeople]

why do Americans show their ignorance and make a fool out of themselves...

racist bastards....

[tyfi109]

@IdoCareForPeople You know what, singling out ALL Americans is making you a racist bastard. Not all Americans are bad. Yes some are greedy and selfish. I am an American and I know how we can be - But saying something like that should be kept to yourself. Ass hole.

[dddoscar]

what a great way to educate children,  i love it

[anupdasari]

ha ha ha did you have an airport in your village when yo were a kid??

[botad62]

@drs2414

What is the meaning of " Pipal pan kharanta, hasti kupaliya-muj viti thi vitse, dhiri bapaliya... BD

[matsharma]

dont worry, India and China are comming

Even Obama said this

u know who Obama is ?

ur step father....ur countries sucks the cheese of his testacles, even he too aknowledged India's growing power

World banks said that India nd China saved world economy from going into -ve growth, ur countries got fucked by economic slowdown, while India is still growing by 7% per year, so keep barking, cos ur frustrated, and we dont giv a damn, cos we dont jealous, we just grow

[bushangels]

good job.

[drs2414]

Fatboyblitz - pipal pan kharanta, hasti kupaliya - muj viti tuj vitse, dhiri bapaliya

time is near

[nartej]

and thats why your country is falling apart