IndiGo pilot assault case: Co-flyer shares first-hand account, says 'violence is unacceptable, but what about...'

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co-passenger has shared his first-hand account on the incident in a tweet on X. He wrote, “A series of news articles have covered the recent assault on an Indigo Flight 6E2175 pilot on Jan 14. As a co-passenger, I feel compelled to share my first-hand account of the incident." He further clarified that its he does not support violence, however, he added that he intend to share my experience and shed light on the events not support violence.

He said, “Flight 6E2175 was scheduled for takeoff at 7:40 AM but faced multiple delays, eventually departing at 05:35 PM Boarding commenced around 12:20 PM (after a delay of 5 hours due to bad weather) with approximately 186 passengers, including infants, young children, and elderly individuals." “Despite completing boarding by 12:40 PM(Approx), the flight doors remained open till 2:50PM, with ground staff attributing the delay due to ATC not clearing the flight because of the congestion. However, at 1:30 PM, the pilot announced they are waiting for a crew member the flight will depart shortly. It became evident that ground staff and crew provided misinformation.

Crew members were observed being unprofessional, engaging in lengthy conversations with the ground staff(eastablished through the plane recordings)," he said. Further elaborating, he said, “Multiple Requests from elderly passengers for water were ignored. As they were busy in there own conversations.