IndiGo Flight Passenger Opens Emergency Exit of Plane Enroute Trivandrum From Chennai, Probe Ordered by DGCA
New Delhi [India], January 17: A passenger on an Indigo flight created a scare and panic among fellow passengers when he opened the emergency door on December 10, 2022. The flight was on its way from Chennai to Trivandrum.
In yet another incident of misconduct, the passenger opened an emergency door creating a scare among passengers on IndiGo 6E flight 6E-7339 from Chennai to Trivandrum on December 10, 2022. The flight took off after pressurisation checks soon after. DGCA has ordered a probe into the matter. IndiGo Flight Passenger Opens Emergency Door of Plane Triggering Panic Among Co-Passengers, DGCA Orders Probe.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation ordered a probe after a passenger opened the emergency gate of an Indigo Flight. A senior DGCA official said that they are looking into the matter.
“The incident happened on December 10 on Indigo flight 6E-7339 from Chennai to Trivandrum. On Dec 10, 2022, a passenger opened an emergency door in IndiGo 6E flight 6E-7339 from Chennai to Trivandrum. The flight took off after pressurization checks soon after. The incident created panic among passengers and the flight took off after a safety check,” said the DGCA official.
Earlier, a man named Shankar Mishra had allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman in an intoxicated condition in business class of an Air India flight on November 26 last year.
Delhi Police had registered the First Information Report (FIR) against him on January 4 on a complaint given by the woman to Air India under sections 354, 509, and 510 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 23 of the Indian Aircraft Act. Both the accused and the victim are from outside Delhi.
US-based financial services company Wells Fargo also terminated its employee Shankar Mishra. Azur Air Moscow-Goa Flight Bomb Threat: NSG Team Sent to Detect Suspicious Substance on Plane That Made Emergency Landing in Jamnagar.
In the bail plea, Shankar Mishra stated that he will continue to be cooperative with the police in the future as well and cooperate in the investigation in any manner or form required.
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