On camera: passenger, flight attendant shout at each other on SpiceJet plane; man offloaded, arrested

Yet another case of alleged misbehaviour by a passenger on a flight emerged on 23 January 2023.

An allegedly unruly passenger was offloaded from a SpiceJet plane at the Delhi airport. He was accused of touching a woman cabin crew member in an inappropriate manner. A passenger accompanying the accused was also deboarded from the Hyderabad-bound flight.

A video clip showing a heated exchange between the passenger and a crew member was shared on social media.

"During boarding at Delhi, one passenger behaved in an unruly and inappropriate manner, harassing and causing disturbance to cabin crew. The crew informed PIC (Pilot in Command) and security staff of the same. The said passenger and a co-passenger, who were travelling together, were offloaded and handed over to the security team," SpiceJet said in a statement.

Police told news agency ANI that the passenger, identified as Absar Alam, was arrested.

On January 7, two foreign nationals were offloaded from a Mumbai-bound Go First flight from Goa after they allegedly misbehaved with a woman cabin crew member.

At least three incidents of unruly passenger behaviour onboard two Air India international flights last year came to light in recent weeks. Among others, there was also an incident onboard a Thai Smile Airways plane from Bangkok to Kolkata last month.

On January 20, DGCA imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Tata group-owned Air India as well as suspended the license of the pilot-in-command of the New York-Delhi flight in which a person allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger.

(With PTI inputs)

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