The Air India passenger was warned a number of instances by the crew and at last needed to be restrained on his seat. File picture for illustration.
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A male passenger assaulted crew and another passengers, and broken the rest room door onboard an Air India flight from Toronto to the nationwide capital on July 8, the airline mentioned on Wednesday.
The passenger, a Nepalese citizen, was handed over to safety companies on arrival on the airport right here.
“A passenger on flight AI188 of 08 July 2023 operating Toronto-Delhi displayed unacceptable aggression during flight. He smoked in the lavatory, damaged the lavatory door and assaulted crew and passengers, leaving them with minor injuries,” an Air India spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
According to the spokesperson, the passenger was warned a number of instances by the crew and at last needed to be restrained on his seat.
On arrival, the passenger was handed over to the safety companies for additional plan of action as per regulatory requirement and the matter has been reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the spokesperson mentioned.
In current instances, there have been rising incidents of unruly behaviour of passengers onboard flights.
On June 24, there was an incident of a male passenger behaving in a “repulsive manner” onboard an Air India flight from Mumbai to Delhi.
