Aircraft confinement: There must be a way out
Even as Delhi shivers, tempers are flaring at its airport. On Monday, a passenger on a Delhi-to-Goa flight was arrested after he assaulted the pilot, who had stepped into the passenger cabin to announce a delay in taking off on account of heavy fog. While circumstances can get aggravating for passengers confined to a long metal tube for longer than they expect, what the irate passenger did was unpardonable.
Turning violent is bad enough. That he made the aircraft’s pilot his target was worse, for that could have had implications for the flight’s departure that can be presumed to have risked going against his aim. Expectedly, the culprit is being slammed on social media; civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has also promised strict action.
It’s unclear if the passenger wanted to de-board. Right now, security protocols don’t allow anyone off a plane in case of an inordinate delay without a serious reason. Just days ago, actor Radhika Apte posted on X how she and other passengers at Mumbai airport were locked in an aerobridge.
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