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Air India pilot made woman wait 2 hrs before allocating seat, says Co-flyer

Pilot of the November 26 Air India flight from New York that witnessed the unsavoury event of an inebriated man urinating on a female passenger, made the traumatized flyer wait for close to two hours before allotting her a fresh seat, a co-flyer said in his complaint. Sugata Bhattacharjee, a US-based doctor of audiology who was seated next to the accused in business class on the flight to Delhi, in a handwritten complaint to the airlines stated that the distressed passenger was made to go back to her soiled seat despite four seats in the First Class being vacant. In the complaint, a copy of which was reviewed by PTI, Bhattacharjee said he was seated on 8A (window) in the first row of business class, next to the accused Shankar Misra who was in seat 8C. Shortly after lunch was served and the lights were switched off on board AI 102 of November 26 (JFK New York to IGIA, New Delhi), the inebriated male passenger seated in Business Class seat walked to the elderly woman's seat (9A), ...

Air India CEO apologises for urinating incident; crew, pilot de-rostered

Tata Group-owned Air India CEO Campbell Wilson on Saturday apologised for a flyer urinating on a fellow female passenger on a flight from New York in November, and said four cabin crew and a pilot have been de-rostered and the airline is reviewing policy of serving alcohol on flights. Facing backlash for the handling of the incident, Wilson in a statement said the airline could have handled the issue better and promised a robust reporting system of unruly behaviour and a system of reporting such incidents. "Air India is deeply concerned about the in-flight instances where customers have suffered due to the condemnable acts of their co-passengers on our aircraft. We regret and are pained about these experiences," he said. "Air India acknowledges that it could have handled these matters better, both in the air and on the ground and is committed to taking action." With questions being raised about the airline not immediately reporting the unruly passenger to law enforcement authoritie

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Air India 'peeing' incident: Delhi Police arrests accused from Bengaluru

Delhi Police has arrested from Bengaluru the man who allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger on an Air India flight, officials said on Saturday. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) Ravi Kumar Singh said, "Accused Shankar Mishra in IGIA case has been arrested from Bengaluru by a Delhi Police team. He has been brought to Delhi and further investigation into the case is in progress." Mishra allegedly urinated on the woman, a senior citizen, in an inebriated condition in the business class of the Air India flight from New York to Delhi on November 26 last year. Delhi Police registered an FIR against Mishra on January 4 on a complaint given by the woman to Air India.

Delhi Police summons Air India staff in case of man peeing on co-passenger

Delhi Police has summoned Air India staff in connection with an incident in which a man allegedly urinated on a co-passenger onboard a flight from New York to Delhi, sources said. The Air India staff, including the pilot and co-pilot, were issued summons for Friday, but they didn't appear. Now, they have been summoned to the office of deputy commissioner of police (airport) at 10:30 am on January 7, the sources said on Friday. Police on Wednesday registered an FIR and formed several teams to nab the accused passenger. The accused, Shankar Mishra, had urinated on his co-passenger, a senior citizen in her 70s, allegedly in an inebriated condition in the business class of the Air India flight on November 26 last year. Mishra is the vice president of the India Chapter of an American multinational financial services company headquartered in California. A police officer said that teams have been sent to Mumbai and Bengaluru. The office of the accused is situated in Bengaluru and it was

Report improper behaviour during flights promptly: Air India CEO to staff

DGCA issues advisory on unruly behavior in aircraft

Air India 'pee-gate': Wells Fargo terminates accused Shankar Mishra

Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger onboard a New York-New Delhi flight in November last year, has been sacked by his employer Wells Fargo

Use 'restraining devices' if needed: DGCA to airlines on unruly passengers

Airline staff will face action if they fail to act against passengers who behave inappropriately, Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Friday

Air India CEO tells staff to report any improper behaviour on aircraft

) Air India CEO Campbell Wilson has told the airline staff to report any improper behaviour on aircraft to authorities at the earliest even if the matter appears to have been settled. In an internal communication to airlines' employees, he reflected on the urinating incident to say that "the repulsion felt by the affected passenger is totally understandable and we share her distress. "Whilst the story is more complicated than has been reported, there are clearly some lessons we can and must learn. "Most importantly is that, if an incident on our aircraft involves improper behaviour of such magnitude, we must report it to authorities at the earliest opportunity, even if we genuinely believe that the matter has been settled between the parties involved. "The same applies in the case of passengers deemed to meet the threshold of 'Unruly'," he said. Ten days after the shocking November 26 urinating incident on a New York-Delhi Air India flight, another episode of a drunk male passenge

Air India accused apologised to victim, asked her not to complain: FIR

The man who allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger on an Air India flight in November had apologised to the victim and begged her to not lodge a complaint, saying he did not wish his wife and child to be affected by the incident. Delhi Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against the accused based on the victim's complaint to Air India. The victim alleged that despite her willingness, she was forced to confront the accused and negotiate with him, further disorientating her, according to the FIR. Shortly after lunch was served and the lights were switched off on board AI 102 of November 26, the inebriated male passenger seated in Business Class seat 8A walked to the elderly woman's seat, unzipped his pants and urinated on her, the FIR stated. He kept standing there until the person sitting next to the woman told him to go back, at which point he staggered back to his seat. "I immediately got up to notify the stewardess of what had happened. My clothes, shoes and bag were soak

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AI confirms incident of passenger urinating on co-passenger's seat, blanket

Air India confirmed that a passenger on Air India flight 142 from Paris to Delhi on Dec 6 relieved himself on the vacant seat and blanket of a woman co-passenger, when the latter was in the lavatory

'Unprofessional': Aviation regulator slams Air India for urination incident

Another incident of male passenger urinating on female flier on Paris-Delhi flight comes to light

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On-board unruliness demands stronger policies

DGCA slams Air India's handling of urination incident as 'unprofessional'

The crew provided the female passenger with a set of fresh clothes and she was made to sit on a crew seat as her seat got soaked in urine

Another man pees on female passenger's blanket aboard AI Paris-Delhi flight

The man was allowed to leave after he tendered a written apology and the woman did not pursue the matter further

Man who urinated on woman on Air India flight to be arrested: Delhi Police

The Police on Wednesday filed an FIR on the shocking incident based on a complaint by Air India

Male passenger who urinated on woman banned by Air India for a month

Airline sets up internal committee to probe lapses on part of Air India crew that did not report the incident

Paris-bound Air India plane returns to Delhi due to snag, says report

A Paris-bound Air India returned to Delhi airport on Wednesday afternoon due to a snag, according to sources. The Air India B787-800 aircraft VT-AND operating flight AI143 (Delhi-Paris) was involved in air turnback due to slats drive snag message, a source said. Another source said there were around 210 passengers onboard and the plane returned to the airport at about 2.25 pm. It had taken off at around 1.30 pm. There was no immediate response to a query sent to Air India seeking comments on the incident.