An Indian man travelling from Delhi to New York urinated on a co-passengeron an American Airlines flight, media reports said.
The accused passenger was deemed drunk by the airline staff and he urinatedon the co-passenger during an argument, the reports said, adding that hewas arrested after the plane landed at the Delhi airport last night.
The aviation watchdog has taken appropriate action after it received areport from the airline. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation willfurther probe the matter as per its internal procedure, they added.
American Airlines, in a statement, said it faced a “disruption on board” aflight bound for Delhi.
“American Airlines flight 292 with service from John F KennedyInternational Airport (JFK) to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)was met by local law enforcement upon arrival in DEL due to a disruption onboard,” it said.
The American Airlines flight reached the Delhi airport around 9pm but hadreported the matter to the airport before landing. Multiple incidents ofpassengers urinating on co-flyers allegedly after consuming liquor havebeen reported over the past few months. This is at least the second suchincident in two months on an American Airlines flight.
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An Indian student at a US university, Arya Vohra, was banned by AmericanAirlines after he allegedly urinated on a co-passenger in March.
Last November, a drunk man had allegedly urinated on an elderly woman inthe business class of an Air India flight. The incident was reported inJanuary and the accused was arrested while the airline banned him fromflying for 30 days.
Last December, a passenger had allegedly urinated on a vacant seat of aco-flyer on an Air India flight to Delhi from Paris.
