Passenger strips on IndiGo flight, passes derogatory remarks to female crew

The captain of the aircraft informed the security agencies and the passenger was handed over to the police as the flight landed in Delhi.

New Delhi:

A flyer stripped himself in the lavatory of IndiGo's Bhubaneswar-Delhi flight recently and wanted the air hostesses to help him out, according to a report.

The incident took place a month back. “During the course of the flight, the male passenger in question expressed to the crew that he does not know how to tie the seat belt. The crew assisted him on the same. The passenger then went to the lavatory where he pressed the lavatory call bell requesting assistance in the aircraft lavatory. The crew immediately went to the lavatory to help him but saw him in an objectionable state. The female crew member refused to go inside and politely requested him to maintain some level of decency while using the lavatory,” the airline said in a statement.

According to the report, the passenger also ‘passed derogatory remarks to the female crew members’.

The crew informed the captain of the aircraft about the situation, who further informed the security agencies in Delhi. As the plane landed at Delhi airport, the passenger was handed over to the police. The matter is under investigation.

Airlines across the world have reported 10,854 cases of unruly passenger incidents onboard aircraft in 2015, International Air Transport Association (IATA) said recently.