Posted on 10/03/2009 6:35:21 PM PDT by Saije
The Maharaja witnessed his first in-flight Mughal-e-Azam at 30,000 feet above sea level on Saturday, as two members of the cabin crew—one male and one female—slugged it out with the pilot and co-pilot.
Endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating safety norms, the airline staffers came to blows in the cockpit and galley of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 as the aircraft cruised over Pakistan en route to Delhi via Lucknow from Sharjah.
The cabin-vs-cockpit tiff originated on the ground in Sharjah itself and then turned into a full-blown fight once IC 884 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"...
(Excerpt) Read more at timesofindia.indiatimes.com ...
just damn...see, that’s why I fly Southwest.
Well, let’s put it this way - international passengers don’t fly American carriers for the quality of the cabin service.
Blimey!
Endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating safety norms, the airline staffers came to blows in the cockpit and galley of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320
These people have nuclear weapons?
>> Geesh can you believe this. Terrifying for the passengers.
Yeah, but look on the bright side of life... I bet nobody got bored on that flight!
Now THAT’S in-flight entertainment!
It’s a shame the passengers didn’t choose sides and the entire cabin erupt into a bar fight.
LOL!
Heck, I’ll pay double price to watch some turbans fly!
That’s what happens when airlines cut back on dessert selections.......somebody’s not getting not getting their chocolate custard pie!
This is about what I imagined Bill Clinton’s flight home from North Korea with those two women was like...
Sounds like a scene from a Bollywood movie.
Only if they break out in song and dance in the middle of the fight.
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