Abusive flier offloaded from aircraft

Mumbai: In yet another incident of unruly passenger behaviour, a Kingfisher Airlines aircraft—which was taxiing for take-off on Tuesday—returned to its parking bay to offload a flier who had got abusive with a cabin crew member.
The incident took place around 6.45 pm after Mumbai-Hyderabad flight IT 3163 had taxied and had almost reached the runway for take-off. "The flight attendants, as usual, had gone around asking passengers to put their seats upright. When the flight attendants did a second round, they found this passenger with his seat still in a reclined position," an official said.
"The cabin crew member asked him to get his seat upright but received a barrage of abuses in response. It was not known whether the passenger was drunk," the official added.
The commander of the flight, when informed of the incident, decided to turn the aircraft back to the parking bay.
The passenger was offloaded and handed over to the airline security personnel. He had not checked in any bag and so the flight left immediately.
"As an added security measure, the passenger was kept at the airport till the flight landed in Hyderabad," the official said, adding that the passenger was seen pleading to be put back in the flight.
28/01/10 Manju V/Times of India

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