India, Dec. 5 -- A tweet by Simon Wong, the Singapore High Commissioner to India, showed how even a high-ranking diplomat is not immune to the widespread chaos caused by IndiGo flight cancellations. He tweeted how the situation left him stranded and led to him missing the wedding of one of his staff members.

"I joined the tens of thousands of passengers stranded by #Indigo. My flight to #Deoghar has been cancelled," HC Wong wrote. He added, "My sincere apologies to my young staff waiting for me to attend his #shaadi. Lost for words." He ended his post with a face palm emoticon.

He shared two WhatsApp communications he received from the airline. The first one reads, "Dear flyer, Thank you for completing your web check-in for flight 6E 21...