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A day after a passenger assaulted a pilot onboard a New Delhi-Goa IndiGo aircraft at the Delhi airport over a delay announcement of the flight, civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday said the unruly passenger behaviour was unacceptable..
Jyotiraditya Scindia, in a post on social media X, said all stakeholders were working round the clock to minimise fog-related impact.I)..
According to Scindia, aviation regulator the Director General of Civil Aviation will issue a standard operating procedure or SOP for airlines on better communication and facilitation of passengers to minimise discomfort in view of flight cancellations and delays due to adverse weather..
One of the angry passengers on an IndiGo flight, number 6E 2175, punched a pilot when he was announcing a delay in takeoff at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, the police said on Monday. . A purported video of the incident, which took place Sunday, surfaced on social media and showed Sahil Kataria hitting the pilot, identified as Anup Kumar, as he was making the announcement inside the aircraft, which was bound for Goa..
A case under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint) and 290 (punishment for creating public nuisance) of the IPC and section 22 of the Aircraft Rules has been registered against the passenger and investigation taken up, another police officer said.. ABOUT THE AUTHOR..
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