Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday mentioned {that a} police case has been filed towards these concerned in a bodily battle on the Bangkok-Kolkata flight of Thai Smile Airways.
“With regard to the scuffle between passengers on board a @ThaiSmileAirway flight, a police grievance has been filed towards these concerned. Such behaviour is unacceptable,” he mentioned in a tweet.
On Wednesday, a video surfaced through which a gaggle of individuals will be seen thrashing one other co-passenger. The video went viral following which individuals mentioned these thrashing up one other particular person ought to be banned from flying.
Earlier within the day, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) mentioned that it has taken cognisance of the incident and sought an in depth report.
“We now have taken cognisance of the viral video which is displaying a battle between passengers on a Thai Airways flight to Kolkata. The Bureau of Civil Aviation Safety (BCAS) has sought an in depth report from the involved authority. Additional motion to be taken,” BCAS DG Zulfiquar Hasan instructed information company ANI.
Thai Smile Airways mentioned that the battle occurred on 26 December earlier than the flight took off from Thailand. It mentioned one passenger was refusing to tie the seatbelt regardless of repeated requests from the crew. The passenger involved continued to maintain his seat reclined and this delayed the takeoff.
Then different passengers walked as much as him which led to a verbal skirmish between the 2. And shortly, others joined and thrashed the particular person.
A witness later instructed a TV channel that the one that was thrashed was the one who refused to tie the seatbelt. The witness additionally claimed that this particular person was aggressive and type of impolite even when he landed in Kolkata.
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee Vice President Rama Suganthan in a tweet urged the aviation regulator DGCA to establish these passengers and ban them.
“Will @DGCAIndia establish these passengers and ban them? These are shame to our nation. Ahead acquired on WhatsApp appear (to) have occurred within the flight from Bangkok to Kolkata on Thai smile airways,” he mentioned.
