Mumbai: A drunk US citizen of Indian origin delayed a Delhi-bound flight for 45 minutes before he was offloaded by security personnel at Mumbai's domestic airport on Tuesday morning.
Forty nine-year old Rupinder Singh Virk was an inebriated state when he boarded Mumbai-Delhi Indigo flight 6E-172 on Tuesday morning. The crew, while performing their routine safety drill realised that Virk who was in a window seat near the emergency exit, was not paying attention. When they requested him to follow the instructions carefully he outright refused to do so.
The crew soon realised that Virk was drunk and that allowing him a seat near the emergency window could be dangerous. They requested him to shift to another seat. Virk initially agreed but later refused to move. The airline in a statement said: "Passenger, Rupinder Singh Virk was offloaded from flight 6E-172 from Mumbai to Delhi as he was under the influence of alcohol and not fit to sit in the emergency row. He started misbehaving with the crew upon boarding the flight and started abusing the captain & the crew when asked to change his seat. He refused to de-board the flight and hence, the Captain had to request the security staff to offload the passenger, along with his baggage. He started misbehaving with the security staff as well while being offloaded. He was taken to the local airport police station where in the statement of the crew was taken and an FIR was filed."
12/06/13 Bipin Kumar Singh/Mumbai Mirror
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Forty nine-year old Rupinder Singh Virk was an inebriated state when he boarded Mumbai-Delhi Indigo flight 6E-172 on Tuesday morning. The crew, while performing their routine safety drill realised that Virk who was in a window seat near the emergency exit, was not paying attention. When they requested him to follow the instructions carefully he outright refused to do so.
The crew soon realised that Virk was drunk and that allowing him a seat near the emergency window could be dangerous. They requested him to shift to another seat. Virk initially agreed but later refused to move. The airline in a statement said: "Passenger, Rupinder Singh Virk was offloaded from flight 6E-172 from Mumbai to Delhi as he was under the influence of alcohol and not fit to sit in the emergency row. He started misbehaving with the crew upon boarding the flight and started abusing the captain & the crew when asked to change his seat. He refused to de-board the flight and hence, the Captain had to request the security staff to offload the passenger, along with his baggage. He started misbehaving with the security staff as well while being offloaded. He was taken to the local airport police station where in the statement of the crew was taken and an FIR was filed."
12/06/13 Bipin Kumar Singh/Mumbai Mirror
