Pilots fight crew in mid-air brawl

[Dave Noble]

Air India said yesterday it was investigating allegations of a mid-air brawl in which pilots and cabin crew were reported to have exchanged blows in front of startled passengers

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[samh004]

Even more shocking is one of the pilots threatened to divert to Pakistan.

From The Guardian:

According to reports quoting the Delhi police, Commander Ranbeer Arora and Captain Aditya Chopra were accused of trying to "molest" a female flight attendant who resisted their advances and was then thrown out of the coughpit.

In a statement to police, the woman alleged she was "abused and pushed" by the pilots inside the coughpit when she refused to grant "personal favours".

 

[tuapekastar]

That's a rather extreme form of IFE! :shock:

 

[straitman]

That's a rather extreme form of IFE! :shock:

:shock: :shock:

 

[drron]

Maybe it was like this-
YouTube - The High and the Mighty on TCM

 

[bachman]

Maybe the airline was just trying to save on inflight entertainment? Who needs a coughpy movie when you have real life drama!?

 

[Soundguy]

Well it might seem weird to us but I don't think punch-ups, brawls and general mayhem are too uncommon on Air India flights. There certainly was a good one on the SIN to MAA flight I was on a few years back, but this was between passengers with no crew members in sight despite much loud shouting. Finally when one passenger had the other in a secure headlock other passengers intervened and pulled them apart.

Actually I quite enjoyed the entertainment as there was nothing electronic available to watch / listen to. That might account for the graffiti, scribbles and scratches on the aircraft interior also. Qwont-cough is deadset boring in comparison....

 

[drron]

After investigation the police arrested the pilots on Tuesday and charged them with molesting and assaulting the female FA.They were released on bail.