Emirates flight delayed after passenger dispute

An Emirates Airline flight from India was delayed after a dispute between passengers resulted in one person being evicted from the aircraft.
The drama happened on the EK51 flight from Delhi to Dubai, an Emirates spokesperson confirmed to news agency WAM.
The spokesperson said: "Emirates confirms that its flight EK511 was delayed for 1 hour and 15 minutes after a passenger filed a complaint with the captain against a co-passenger.
"The captain alerted airport authorities who offloaded the baggage of the passenger in question. Full security procedures were activated and the detained passenger was taken into custody by the CISF."
Emirates said that it cooperated with all local security procedures during the incident on May 12, adding that it regretted any inconvenience caused by the delay.
"The safety of our passengers and crew is paramount and will not be compromised," the spokesperson said.
17/05/10 arabain BUSINESS.COM

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Categories: Foreign May 2010