An unruly male passenger onboard 🌜on Tuesday physically assaulted a crew member of Air India
According to the report in NDTV, the unruly passenger was handed o𓆏ver to security p♒ersonnel after landing at the Delhi airport.
There have been several incidents of un𓄧ruly passenger behaviour onboard aircraft, and the latest inc🦂ident happened onboard flight AI882 en route from Goa to Delhi, it mentioned.
"The said passenger verbally abused the crew members and then went on to physically assault one𝐆 of them on board. On landing at Delhi airport, the passenger continued with the unprovoked, aggressive behaviour and was handed over to the security personnel. We have also reported the incident to the regulator," the report the airliner as having said in a statement.
It added: "Safety of our crew and passengers is of utmost importance to us and we strongly condemn this unruly behaviour of the passenger. We wil🍰l offer all support to the affected crew members.”
Air India imposed a two-year flying ban on a❀n individual who caused physical harm to two female cabin crewꩵ members onboard a Delhi-London flight on April 10.
An unruly air passenger can face a flying ban for varying periods under the regulations of꧟ the Di൲rectorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
As per the rules, unruly passenger behaviour can be classified i꧟nto three levels.
Unruly behaviour such as physical gestures, verbal harassment and unruly inebriation are classified as Level 1 while physically abusive behaviour like pushin𝔍g, kicking or sexual harassment are classified as Level 2.
Life-threatening behaviour such as damage to aircraft operating systems, physical violence like choking and murderou😼s assault are consideꦑred as Level 3.
Depending on the level of unruly behaviour, an internal committee set up by the airline concerned can decide on the duration for which an unruly passenger can be banned from flying.
