Man Misses Bengaluru-Mumbai Flight Due to Google Maps Error: 'Life is Relative'

Google Maps has become increasingly unreliable in recent years, with users encountering outdated information and misleading directions that result in detours and delays. One such Google Maps error caused a man to miss his flight from Bengaluru to Mumbai. Ashish Kacholia shared the incident on social media with a dash of humour, as he quipped, “Life is relative.”

Kacholia claimed that Google Maps showed him a travel time of 1 hour and 45 minutes, but it actually took him three hours to reach the airport, leading him to miss his flight from Bengaluru to Mumbai.

“Yesterday missed my flight from Bengaluru to Mumbai because the journey took three hours instead of 1.45 as shown by Google Maps,” he wrote on X.

Kacholia added, “Deeply grateful to Mumbai administration @mybmc for investing in infrastructure to keep traffic moving in maximum city.”

“Life is relative,” he concluded.

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Since being shared on August 30, the post has been viewed by thousands of people and received an array of comments. An individual said, “Recently, Google predictions have become quite unreliable. Always ask a local if weather conditions are not good in any part of the city.”

“Sir, blaming Bengaluru or Google Maps? Please give clarity,” asked another to which Kacholia said, “Obviously, Google Maps.”

“I think Bengaluru is the only place, where you can’t rely on the travel time shown on Google Maps. Rarely happened in Gurgaon (even though I used to commute from Gurgaon to Delhi every day),” expressed a third.

A fourth commented, “Google Maps has become unreliable in general – Showing wrong routes as well as traffic. Add Bengaluru to the above and the mix is lethal as you experienced.”