Mumbai: The state consumer grievance redressal forum on Thursday directed Air India (AI) to pay Rs 2 lakh as compensation to city economic offences wing (EOW) chief Pravin Salunke four years after he sued the national carrier for £50,000 (around Rs 39 lakh), accusing it of inhuman treatment, flying with an underqualified pilot and providing false information. On November 16, 2011, over 30 senior IPS officers boarded flight AI 131 to the UK for a two-week mid-career training, said Salunke, then DIG with CBI's anti-corruption wing, Mumbai region. Minutes before the plane was to land at Heathrow Airport, it was diverted to Gatwick; the pilot announced the diversion was due to bad weather. But Salunke said as one of the pilots did not have category-3 licence, Heathrow Airport authorities did not allow the flight to land and diverted it to Gatwick. "We was stranded for more than 12 hours at Gatwick," said the 1995-batch IPS officer, adding that he suffers from hypertension and has to take medicines, but he was forced to stay inside the plane along with other flyers, without food or water. Also, when they complained, the crew called the police. Salunke sued the airline in January 2012.
23/07/16 Mateen Hafeez/Times of India
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23/07/16 Mateen Hafeez/Times of India
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