Times of Islamabad

Passenger gets into fistfight with PIA staff onboard international flight

Passenger gets into fistfight with PIA staff onboard international flight

ISLAMABAD – Passenger gets into fistfight with PIA staff onboardinternational flight.

As per media report, passenger got into a fistfight with a PakistanInternational Airline’s (PIA) staff member during flight on Sunday. Accordingto the PIA spokesperson, the passenger namely Nauman Wajid, who wason-board a PIA flight headed from Manchester to Islamabad.

The passenger went and seated himself in the first class section of theairplane whereas his ticket was booked for economy.

The flight attendant wanted him to sit at his designated place, mentionedon the ticket but he refused to budge, upon the flight attendantsinsistence, the man used force against the employee trying to get his wayand remain seated in first class.

Wajid was left alone after the act of aggression through the remainder ofthe flight. As soon as the flight landed, the culprit was handed to theAirport Security Staff for putting his hands on the national carrier’semployee and for not abiding by the rules of travel.

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), recently launched a mobileapplication to facilitate passengers in online reservations andconfirmation of seats.