New Delhi: Air India is in the news again for all the wrong reasons. While it's no secret that a section of its cabin crew and some pilots were found involved in theft, pilferage and smuggling of bottles of single malt, food and toiletries in the past, this time cough syrup smuggling has come as an embarrassment for the airline. A section of Air India's cabin crew on a Delhi-London flight was caught smuggling as many as 450 bottles of the cough syrup Benadryl. This happened about a month back.
Since cough syrup is not available over the counter in the United Kingdom or most other countries outside India (it is popular among teens who drink it to get high), a section of the Air India cabin crew started smuggling bottles of Benadryl to London and elsewhere, our sources in the airline said. Finally, there were caught.
"The airline's top bosses are in no mood to take this lightly. They have swung into action to do an immediate damage control," said a senior officer. "A chargesheet has been issued in this case against the errant cabin crew to explain their action, pending which a final disciplinary action would be taken. The cabin crew involved in the incident face termination from services if found guilty," he said.
02/11/15 Ankur Sharma/Business Today
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Since cough syrup is not available over the counter in the United Kingdom or most other countries outside India (it is popular among teens who drink it to get high), a section of the Air India cabin crew started smuggling bottles of Benadryl to London and elsewhere, our sources in the airline said. Finally, there were caught.
"The airline's top bosses are in no mood to take this lightly. They have swung into action to do an immediate damage control," said a senior officer. "A chargesheet has been issued in this case against the errant cabin crew to explain their action, pending which a final disciplinary action would be taken. The cabin crew involved in the incident face termination from services if found guilty," he said.
02/11/15 Ankur Sharma/Business Today
