It happens to the best of us and VVIPs are no different.

Nirmala Sitharaman tweets: "Sorry to miss the evening reception at the Palm Cove, Cairns. Staying put in the room. No word yet on my lost luggage."

The Union minister of state for commerce and industry had flown AI's Delhi-Melbourne-Sydney flight on Thursday afternoon. She was to take a connecting flight from Sydney to Cairns to attend the ongoing G20 finance ministers and Central Bank governors meeting there.