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IndiGo Airlines: 2 Unruly Passengers Held For Hurling Abuses After Drinking On Board Dubai-Mumbai Flight

According to the Sahar p𓆉olice station official, the two passengers have been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 336 (for endangering life and safety of others) and 21,22 and 25 of Aircraft Rules.

Two passeng⛦ers on board a Dubai-Mumbai IndiGo flight were arrested for allegedly hurling abuses at crew and co-passengers in an inebriated condition, a police official said on Thur꧒sday.

They were plac🧔ed under❀ arrest after the flight landed in Mumbai on Wednesday and were granted bail by a court here, the official said.

What did the police say?

"The two accused are꧟ from Nalasopara in Palghar and Kolhapur. They were returning after working f𒐪or a year in the Gulf and started celebrating by consuming liquor they had brought from a duty-free shop,"; he said.

"When co-flyers objected to the ruckus, the two abused them as well as the crew that intervened. One of them was drinking while walking down the aisle. The crew took away their bottles," th♑e official added.

They have been booked under Indian Penal Code sections 336 (for endangering life and safety of others) and 21,22 and 25 of Aircraft Rules, the Sahar police station official sa𝔍id.

As per officials, this is the s✤eventh incident this year when a case has been filed for unruly be🔴haviour by flyers.

On March 11, a man was arrested for smoking in the lavatory and trying to open the emergency exit 🌸of a London-Mu🌳mbai flight.

(With PTI Inputs)

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