Bollywood actor Tilottoma Shome is making headlines for sharing an incident she witnessed at the airport.
Taking to social media, The Night Manager actor wrote, "Saw a woman make fun of a family at the airport who had arrived 6 hours before their flights departure time. It was their first flight. In them, I saw me 23yrs ago, nervous and excited to sit in a plane to Venice for Monsoon wedding.I remember the kindness of strangers ."
The now-viral Twitter thread continued, "I must add that the said family,felt exposed, because while they were given boarding passes, the scanner past security did not let them enter, until 3 hours prior to departure. Tech barrier combined with casual classism. Not a good cocktail."
Take a look:
Since tweeting a day ago, the thread has garnered over 1.4 million views. In no time, netizens poured in to share their first ever experiences on a plane and to empathize with the family Shome mentioned in the tweet.
A Twitter user commented, "Just few days back, I went to Maldives. It was my first air travel. I was excited and nervous at the same time. Overwhelmed with the experience of air travel. Can totally relate with family you mentioned."
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2F9fd0a2a0-dbf5-4930-b6ca-054dffd50f91%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174335.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
While another shared, "I remember my first time at the airport. A lady asked me for help in filling out her form and I told her sheepishly that it's my first time flying and she smiled and went away."
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2F33ee1124-52f0-4b4c-8102-421bec6b704a%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174214.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
Take a look at other first-time air travel experiences shared by netizens:
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2Fb6136f80-c151-44ce-abd0-af981976799b%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174156.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2Fb4fcb8d0-70fb-4a35-8c43-5c06eaecfe30%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174234.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2F5933f181-14f6-4c2b-b930-eaaf89b856e0%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174258.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2F1631af03-2c8f-463a-b544-414edae414aa%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174315.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![Since tweeting a day ago, the now-viral Twitter thread has garnered over 1.4 million views.](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2023-02%2Fb3541328-30d8-4f1b-87ae-429328ab2ae6%2FScreenshot_2023_02_24_174354.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
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