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Video: ISRO chief gets warm welcome on flight

Chennai - He led the country's ambitious Chandrayan-2 moon mission.

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Indian space agency's Chairman K. Sivan was in for a pleasant surprise in an Indigo flight recently.

A video shot by a passenger showed that the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief Sivan was warmly greeted onboard by the air hostesses who took selfies with him.
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The video has now gone viral on the social media.

Watch this amazing video of ISRO chief K. Sivan when everyone clapped for him in a flight. Our real life heroes who quietly do their work really need this kind of gesture and appreciation. We all are so proud of you sir and more power to #ISRO ?? pic.twitter.com/MgwvcN9GlB
- Shivangi Thakur (@thakur_shivangi) October 6, 2019

While Sivan was on his way to his seat, other passengers clapped and he was seen waving his hand back with a beaming smile on his face.

His simplicity won many hearts among the netizens.

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