Air India passenger accused of urinating on woman co-flyer arrested, sent to custody for 14 days

Shankar Mishra, an Indian man accused of urinating on an elderlyfemale co-flyer onan Air India flight, has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days until January 21. The court will hear his bail plea on January 11. Earlier, the Delhi Police arrested him from a home stay in Bengaluru.

Air India has also initiated a probe from their side along with imposing a ban on Mishra for 30 days.

Allegations state that Mishra urinated on his female co-passenger on an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi. Furthermore, they were in business class, and Mishra was under the influence of alcohol.

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The CEO of Air India, a Tata-owned airline, Campbell Wilson, apologised for the incident. He mentioned that the company is reviewing their policies on serving alcohol. Moreover, Air India has also de-rostered four cabin crew and a pilot.

Mishra served as the vice president of the India unit of US financial services company Wells Fargo. However, the company sacked Mishra after the incident came to light.

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Furthermore, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) called Air India's way of handling the incident 'unprofessional.' They issued a show cause notice to the carrier and noted that it was 'dereliction' of duty while addressing the incident.

CEO Wilson, in his statement, agrees that they could have handled the situation better. Apart from the service of alcohol, Air India is also reviewing their complaint registration and incident and grievance managementpolicies.

(With inputs from agencies)

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