Unruly Passenger On Flight

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on Monday will take up the issue of recent instances of unruly behaviour reported on flights and the steps that the airlines need to put in place to avoid them.

The Tata group-owned airline's announcement also comes against the backdrop of at least three incidents of unruly passenger behaviour on two international flights last year.

Air India, which recently made headlines after a drunken passenger was caught urinating on a co-passenger on a flight from New York to New Delhi, has been sent another showcause notice, this time for a flight between Paris and Delhi.

In a bizarre incident, a New Zealand man admitted exposing himself and urinating on the floor of a plane while sitting in his seat as the flight descended into Brisbane, Australia.

As the passengers clapped, the woman turned around and lashed out at them.

A flight from London to Los Angeles on Tuesday was forced to divert from its intended flight path due to an unruly passenger, the airline said.

The FAA has reported a steep rise in unruly passengers since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. It initiated 1,099 inquiries last year, up from 183 in 2020 and 146 in 2019.

A passenger was offloaded from a SpiceJet plane for unruly behaviour at Guwahati airport on Friday and was handed over to CISF personnel, according to the airline.

An airliner was forced to carry out an emergency evacuation after it landed at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Saturday because of an unruly passenger, the airline said.

A JetBlue flight from New York had to be diverted for an unscheduled landing in Minneapolis on Monday after an unruly passenger was allegedly caught snorting some white substance, among other offences.

AirAsia passengers on Tuesday witnessed an unprecedented incident on i5-722 Bengaluru to Delhi flight when an unruly passenger stripped naked onboard.

A group of five were off-loaded from IndiGo's Delhi-Jeddah flight on Tuesday for "unruly behaviour" with one of them trying to forcibly open a door of the aircraft as it was taxiing for takeoff, insisting that their two companions who lost their boarding passes be allowed to take the flight, officials said.

A Guwahati-bound flight from Hyderabad made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Sunday after a passenger allegedly indulged in "unruly" behaviour on board.

A passenger on a Vistara flight was offloaded at Delhi airport on Friday after he insisted that he should be allowed to smoke inside the cabin, news agency ANI reported. The aircraft was preparing to take off for Kolkata when the "unruly" passenger demanded he needed to smoke inside the cabin, the airline said in a statement.

A Bengaluru-based surgeon was removed from an IndiGo flight on Monday after he allegedly complained about mosquitoes and abused the crew. The airline has said in tweets that Saurabh Rai was off-loaded for "unruly behavior" and after he used the word "hijack".

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on Monday will take up the issue of recent instances of unruly behaviour reported on flights and the steps that the airlines need to put in place to avoid them.

The Tata group-owned airline's announcement also comes against the backdrop of at least three incidents of unruly passenger behaviour on two international flights last year.

Air India, which recently made headlines after a drunken passenger was caught urinating on a co-passenger on a flight from New York to New Delhi, has been sent another showcause notice, this time for a flight between Paris and Delhi.

In a bizarre incident, a New Zealand man admitted exposing himself and urinating on the floor of a plane while sitting in his seat as the flight descended into Brisbane, Australia.

As the passengers clapped, the woman turned around and lashed out at them.

A flight from London to Los Angeles on Tuesday was forced to divert from its intended flight path due to an unruly passenger, the airline said.

The FAA has reported a steep rise in unruly passengers since the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic. It initiated 1,099 inquiries last year, up from 183 in 2020 and 146 in 2019.

A passenger was offloaded from a SpiceJet plane for unruly behaviour at Guwahati airport on Friday and was handed over to CISF personnel, according to the airline.

An airliner was forced to carry out an emergency evacuation after it landed at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Saturday because of an unruly passenger, the airline said.

A JetBlue flight from New York had to be diverted for an unscheduled landing in Minneapolis on Monday after an unruly passenger was allegedly caught snorting some white substance, among other offences.

AirAsia passengers on Tuesday witnessed an unprecedented incident on i5-722 Bengaluru to Delhi flight when an unruly passenger stripped naked onboard.

A group of five were off-loaded from IndiGo's Delhi-Jeddah flight on Tuesday for "unruly behaviour" with one of them trying to forcibly open a door of the aircraft as it was taxiing for takeoff, insisting that their two companions who lost their boarding passes be allowed to take the flight, officials said.

A Guwahati-bound flight from Hyderabad made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Sunday after a passenger allegedly indulged in "unruly" behaviour on board.

A passenger on a Vistara flight was offloaded at Delhi airport on Friday after he insisted that he should be allowed to smoke inside the cabin, news agency ANI reported. The aircraft was preparing to take off for Kolkata when the "unruly" passenger demanded he needed to smoke inside the cabin, the airline said in a statement.

A Bengaluru-based surgeon was removed from an IndiGo flight on Monday after he allegedly complained about mosquitoes and abused the crew. The airline has said in tweets that Saurabh Rai was off-loaded for "unruly behavior" and after he used the word "hijack".