Passenger goes berserk on flight
A passenger onboard an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Delhi on Wednesday ran from his seat, assaulted fellow passengers and crew members and tried to access the cockpit, saying he would not allow the plane to land.
NDTV News reports that the 40-year old Mumbai-based passenger, a car dealer, slapped a flight attendant and was blocked from the cockpit with a food trolley before being subdued by crew and passengers.
The man was not carrying any weapons. A passenger took a video of the incident.
He was arrested in Delhi and faces charges of assault, criminal intimidation and outraging the modesty of a woman.
His family claim he has a history of mental health problems.
By Gretchen Kelly, TravelMole US
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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