Air India is embroiled in yet another controversy as reports emerged that a pilot from the airline had attacked a flight engineer at the Chennai Airport. The pilot has been derostered after the assault.
Air India pilot dereostered after he assaults engineer in cockpit. Reuters
According to an NDTV report , "Manicklal and the engineer Kannan had an argument inside the cockpit over delay in flight departure following which the pilot assaulted the engineer."
The assault was quite severe as it left the engineer bleeding from his nose and he had to be rushed to the hospital for first aid, notes the report. Meanwhile, the pilot locked himself up in the cockpit after the fight.
According to other television reports, the fight meant that the Air India flight AI 143 from Chennai to Paris was delayed by 2 hours as the engineer went to file an FIR of the incident. The transit passengers are still stuck in Chennai and will likely to miss their next flight but they will be adjusted on other flights, says a report in DNA .
Times Now has reported that Air India engineers have gone on a strike in Chennai after the incident. Air India has issued a statement saying they are currently investigating the incident and the pilot has been derostered.
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