Police and CISF were called to Delhi’s IGI airport on Friday afternoon after a passenger tried to open the gates of a moving flight that was about to take off. He did not stop there, he even tried to get into the cockpit to stop the plane when the crew members groped him. However, his action forced the pilot to abort the fight.
According to airport sources, ‘at around 2.30 pm an Indigo flight 6E 189, flying from Delhi to Mumbai, left for take off from parking area. The flight crossed reached the parking bay. When it started moving towards the runway, a passenger who was identified as Rishab Sethi (21) stood up and asked the crew to stop the plane immediately. The crew members tried to stop him and asked him what was the reason.
Instead of replying to them, he moved towards the exit gate and tried to open it. Instantly, a crew member stopped him. He even entered the entry gate of the cockpit and started unlocking it. He banged on the gate contentiously. Due to the emergency, the pilot stopped the plane and raised an alarm with Air Traffic Controllers (ATC). The ATC informed CISF and later Delhi Police came in and intervened.
Meanwhile, police sources said that the matter was reported at around 3 pm, when police control room got information that a passenger had created a scene and forced the pilot to stop the plane immediately, which aborted the take off. When police and CISF reached the spot, they found that a 21-year-old was standing outside the plane at the taxi bay.
‘We have registered a case against the accused and the matter has been registered against him,’ DCP M I Haider, DCP (Airport) told Millennium Post over phone. Police have not ruled out the possibility that the accused was under the influence of drugs.
According to airport sources, ‘at around 2.30 pm an Indigo flight 6E 189, flying from Delhi to Mumbai, left for take off from parking area. The flight crossed reached the parking bay. When it started moving towards the runway, a passenger who was identified as Rishab Sethi (21) stood up and asked the crew to stop the plane immediately. The crew members tried to stop him and asked him what was the reason.
Instead of replying to them, he moved towards the exit gate and tried to open it. Instantly, a crew member stopped him. He even entered the entry gate of the cockpit and started unlocking it. He banged on the gate contentiously. Due to the emergency, the pilot stopped the plane and raised an alarm with Air Traffic Controllers (ATC). The ATC informed CISF and later Delhi Police came in and intervened.
Meanwhile, police sources said that the matter was reported at around 3 pm, when police control room got information that a passenger had created a scene and forced the pilot to stop the plane immediately, which aborted the take off. When police and CISF reached the spot, they found that a 21-year-old was standing outside the plane at the taxi bay.
‘We have registered a case against the accused and the matter has been registered against him,’ DCP M I Haider, DCP (Airport) told Millennium Post over phone. Police have not ruled out the possibility that the accused was under the influence of drugs.