NEW DELHI: A person flying American Airlines’ New York-Delhi nonstop on Sunday night allegedly urinated on a co-passenger and was handed over to the cops upon landing in the capital.
In this case too, the accused was inebriated when he got into an argument with a co-passenger and then urinated on him. The Boeing 777 operating as AA 292 landed at IGI Airport at 9.11 pm Sunday (April 23) and the accused was handed over to the CISF on arrival.
“An allegedly inebriated passenger relieved himself on another passenger. American Airlines has recorded the statements of co-passengers and handed over the passenger to law enforcement agencies. An FIR has been lodged,” said a senior Directorate General of Civil Aviation official.
The CISF handed over the accused to the Delhi Police. However, the police said they are yet to receive a complaint.
Deputy commissioner of police (IGIA) Devesh Mahla said they have issued a ‘kalandra’ under sections 23 and 24 of the Civil Aircraft Rules after airlines complained of unruly behaviour. “No one came forward to complain about the peeing incident. We also spoke to other passengers, but they didn’t make any such statements related to peeing,” he said.
A ‘Kalandra’ is a notice issued under section 107 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) against a person against whom there is an information that he is might have committed a wrongful act leading to breach of peace or disturbance to the public.
Statement by AA
In a statement, American Airlines said: “American Airlines flight 292 (JFK-IGIA) was met by local law enforcement upon arrival in Delhi due to a disruption on board. We’re grateful to our crew members who are consistently dedicated to the safety and care of our customers and handled the circumstances with the utmost professionalism.”
The DGCA had sought a report from the airline which it has submitted. “The airline has taken appropriate action as per our regulations and will further investigate the matter as per their laid down internal procedures,” the DGCA official said.
Last few months have seen several instances on inebriated people urinating on co-passengers. Last month a 20-year-old Delhi student doing post-graduation from a US university allegedly urinated in an inebriated state on a business class passenger on American Airlines’ (AA) New York-Delhi flight.
The airline cancelled the student return ticket and barred him from flying AA in the future. It had sought appropriate action against Vora for “endangering flight safety.”
Last November and December had seen a similar incident each on Air India’s flights headed to India.
Past incidents
- November 26, 2022: Air India-102 New York-Delhi flight. A male flyer relieved himself on a female female passenger in business class. AI did not report case & subsequently fined Rs 30 lakh fine by DGCA
- December 6, 2022: Air India-142 Paris-Delhi flight. A flyer relieved himself on a vacant seat and blanket of a fellow female passenger when she had gone to the lav. AI did not report case & subsequently fined Rs 10 lakh fine by DGCA
- March 4, 2023: American Airlines-292 New York-Delhi flight. A flyer allegedly urinated in an inebriated state on a business class passenger. Airline hands him over to cops on arrival, cancels his return ticket & bars him from flying with it again
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