Mid-air brawl: Air India’s London-bound flight with 256 passengers returns to Delhi
New Delhi, April 10: An Air India’s London-bound flight returned to Delhi airport after a mid-air brawl in which passenger caused “physical harm” to cabin crew members.
As per the officials, flight carried 256 passengers landed safely at Delhi airport after an unruly behaviour of passenger created ruckus on board.
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As per the sources, the flight took off for Heathrow Airport (London) at around 6:30 am on Monday returned to Delhi airport at around 10 am after the crew reported to pilots about the physical altercation mid-flight.
Air India also issued the statement on the same and said, "Air India flight AI 111 scheduled to operate Delhi-London Heathrow on April 10, 2023, returned to Delhi shortly after departure due to the serious unruly behaviour of a passenger on board. Not heeding verbal and written warnings, the passenger continued with unruly behaviour including causing physical harm to two of the cabin crew members."
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"The pilot in command decided to return to Delhi and the passenger was handed over to the security personnel upon landing. An FIR has also been lodged with the police. Safety, security and dignity of all on board are important to us at Air India. We are providing all possible support to the affected crew members. We regret the inconvenience caused to the passengers and have rescheduled the flight to depart for London this afternoon," Air India added.
Meanwhile, due to the passenger’s “incident behavior” legal action is being taken against the passenger.
The airline said it has also informed the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) about the incident.
Earlier also Air India witnessed such ruckus on flight in the month of January in which Shankar Mishra was arrested of allegedly urinating on a woman on board an AI flight on November 26 last year.
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- ANI
