Air India pilots, crew wrestle over Pak space, Captain threatened to diverted

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Air India pilots, crew wrestle over Pak space, Captain threatened to divert to Karachi
NEW DELHI, Oct 04 (INP):  Endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating safety norms, two members of the cabin crew, one male and one female came to blows in the cockpit and gallery of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 as the aircraft cruised over Pakistan en route to Delhi via Lucknow from Sharjah on Saturday.
The cabin-vs-cockpit tiff originated on the ground in Sharjah itself and then turned into a full-blown fight once the aircraft took off soon after midnight.
The cabin crew alleged that pilots harassed a 24-year-old female colleague who later filed a molestation complaint against them with the cops after the flight landed in Delhi.
The pilots, on the other hand, accused a male flight purser of misconduct that seriously compromised flight safety, and said the accusation of molestation aimed to protect the complainant’s purser friend who has a commercial pilot licence (CPL) from facing action.
No party denied that blows and abuses were exchanged as bewildered passengers looked on. Sources said that the female cabin crew member and the co-pilot sustained bruises.
There were unconfirmed reports that at one stage the cockpit was unmanned, as the crew was busy fighting outside. Things allegedly degenerated to the point where the captain threatened to divert the plane to Karachi, likening the situation, sources said, to a “hijack”.
Given the highly unsafe situation there, the Captain threatened to divert the flight to Karachi, to which Amit retorted, “take it wherever you want to, I can also fly’,” a pilot representative said, adding that the fight occurred over Pakistan, while the plan was flying from Sharjah to Lucknow.
The cabin crew lobby said that after the initial tension on the ground in Sharjah, when the woman crew member went into the cockpit, one of the pilots held her hand and then pushed her out of the cockpit.
“She hit the cockpit door with such force that she started bleeding. When Amit Khanna, the purser, saw her in this condition, he went to the cockpit to ask what was happening. At this point, the pilots got abusive and started a fight with him,” said a representative of the IA cabin crew, who added that the actual fight took place on the Lucknow-Delhi segment.

The police are investigating the woman’s complaint and have registered a case against the pilot and co-pilot. “There are several eyewitnesses and we are recording their statements,” said joint CP (operations) Satyendra Garg. The police had the victim examined at Safdarjung Hospital, where her bruises were confirmed. A case was registered, among others, under Section 354 for outraging the modesty of a woman.
The DGCA is fuming at the gross violation of safety norms. “The airline didn’t even inform us of this incident in time. We’re going to summon the crew members on Monday. This incident is shocking and we may need to take exemplary action,” said a senior official.