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A Delhi-Kolkata IndiGo flight was delayed for over three hours after an altercation between a passenger and cabin crew, with both parties filing police complaints, as per a report.
Passengers board an Indigo aircraft on a cloudy morning in Kolkata (Photo: PTI)
A Delhi-Kolkata IndiGo flight was delayed for over three hours on Monday after an intense altercation broke out between a passenger and cabin crew, with both sides lodging police complaints against each other, The Times of India reported.
According to the crew, the passenger was identified as a lawyer, seated in 31D. The report quoted the crew as saying that the passenger boarded the aircraft in an inebriated condition and began urging fellow travellers to chant ‘Har Har Mahadev‘ (a religious Hindu slogan).
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Their complaint further stated that once the flight took off, he tried to conceal a soft drink bottle that smelled of alcohol, and when questioned, he quickly gulped it down.
The man was later handed over to security personnel at Kolkata airport.
The lawyer, however, refuted the charges, informing the police that he had consumed a beer at Delhi‘s IGI Airport before boarding and produced a purchase invoice as proof.
As per the report, the passenger, in his counter-complaint, accused the airline staff of harassment and claimed he was denied basic services.
He also insisted that his greeting of ‘Har Har Mahadev‘ to the crew was not meant to offend anyone.
IndiGo officials told TOI that the cabin crew reported the flyer as “unruly“ and “drunk“.
The airline added that the passenger’s complaint was also being looked into.
On Tuesday, a Nagpur-Kolkata IndiGo flight returned to the Nagpur airport following a bird strike soon after take-off.
The plane was carrying nearly 165 passengers at the time of the incident. The flight was later cancelled as the aircraft suffered nose damage in the bird hit.
A spokesperson of the airline in a statement said, “IndiGo flight 6E 812 operating from Nagpur to Kolkata on September 2 encountered a bird strike soon after take-off.”
“As a precautionary step, pilots decided to turn back, and the flight landed safely at the Nagpur airport.”
“Due to the requirement of necessary inspection and maintenance of the aircraft, the flight has been cancelled for the day,” the spokesperson added.
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Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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