Passenger complains about mosquitoes, IndiGo offloads him for 'unruly behaviour'
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IndiGo said the passenger Saurabh Rai used words such as 'hijack'
India's premier passengerairlineIndiGo today offloaded a passenger for "unruly behaviour" after he reportedly complained about mosquitoeson board.
IndiGo said the passenger Saurabh Rai used words such as "hijack"and was "aggressive while using threatening language."
"Keeping in mind applicable safety protocols crew apprised pilot-in-command, who decided to offload him," IndiGo said in a statement.
The flight 6E 541 was scheduled to take off from Lucknow on way to Bengaluru on Tuesday morning.
In November last year, a passenger was allegedly manhandled by the IndiGo staff at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport. The video of the man being handled had gone viral on social media.
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The man was reportedly manhandled and dragged on the airport tarmac for over a minute.
Montu Kalra, an IndiGo employee who had shot the video was later fired by the airline.
In a report to the civil aviation ministry later, IndiGo director Aditya Ghosh had blamed the sacked "whistleblower" for manhandling the passenger after a verbal altercation.
Separately, a Jet Airways flight encountered a similar problem at the Lucknow airport on Tuesday.
Watch how passengers struggle to sit comfortably due to mosquitoes on board.