New Delhi: In a bizarre incident, the Melbourne to Delhi-bound Air India flight AI-301 crew was left with no other option than to "tie-up" an unruly and drunk Indian passenger, on Wednesday. In the influence of alcohol, the 27-year-old man started misbehaving with the flight attendants and even tore clothes of two of them. "The passenger allegedly got into a tiff with some crew members and passengers and then tried to hit them and tore the clothes of two attendants", airline sources said. As the incident turned into a major row, the passenger was overpowered by some crew and passengers and tied him up on the seat, they said. This led the captain to consider diverting the flight to Singapore because of the threat posed to the other passengers. But after exchange of messages with the airline officials, the cockpit crew decided against it and flew straight to Delhi as a diversion would lead to delay of several hours, the sources said.
On landing at the Delhi airport, the security agencies got into the aircraft, nabbed the passenger and handed him over to the police which arrested him later, they said. He was charged under IPC sections 323 (to voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) but was released on bail late Thursday, airport police said.
22/08/14 Preeti Panwar/One India
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On landing at the Delhi airport, the security agencies got into the aircraft, nabbed the passenger and handed him over to the police which arrested him later, they said. He was charged under IPC sections 323 (to voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) but was released on bail late Thursday, airport police said.
22/08/14 Preeti Panwar/One India
