Air India Official Slapped, Abused By Co-Passenger On Sydney-Delhi Flight
A passenger allegedly abused and assaulted a senior Air India official onboard a Sydney-Delhi flight on July 9, adding to the recent spate of unruly behaviour mid-air. The incident took place when the Air India official, who had to move to the economy from his business class seat due to a malfunction in his seat, requested the accused to speak softly, a source said. According to the source, the Air India official was allotted seat 30-C in the economy class. Since there were other passengers, he chose sit in row 25, the source said. "The official requested his co-passenger to speak softly. But he slapped the official, twisted his head and abused him," the source alleged. When the five cabin crew failed to contain the rowdy passenger, the official rushed to the rear seats, as per the source. "This unruly passenger was fiddling with the emergency equipment and walking freely in the aisle," the source further alleged. The cabin supervisor was called in and the pas...