Guwahati: The incident in which a guy named Shankar Mishra peed on a fellow passenger while intoxicated has resulted in the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) of fine on Air India of Rs 30 lakh.
The incident took place on board an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi on November 26, 2022.
Due to his negligence, the flight commander’s (or pilot in command’s) licence was suspended for three months. The Director-in-Flight Services of Air India was also given a Rs 3 lakh fine by the DGCA.
“DGCA issued Show Cause notices to Accountable Manager of Air India, Director in-flight Services of Air India, all the pilots and cabin crew members of that flight as to why enforcement action should not be taken against them for dereliction of their regulatory obligations. The written reply of Air India and the personnel involved were examined,” the DGCA statement said.
Mishra, a drunk passenger is accused of peeing on an elderly woman travelling in business class. After the plane touched down, the passenger made off without a scratch.
The pilots didn’t alert the on-site security staff and neither did the crew report the incident to the authorities. The airline failed to notify the DGCA of the occurrence.
The DGCA in a statement issued today said, “The incident of passenger misbehaviour which occurred on AI-102 flight of November 26, 2022, from New York to New Delhi, came to the notice of DGCA on January 4, 2023, wherein a male passenger conducted himself in a disorderly manner and allegedly relieved himself on a female passenger. DGCA issued show cause notices to the accountable manager of Air India; director in-flight services of AI, all the pilots and cabin crew members of that flight as to why enforcement action should not be taken against them for dereliction of their regulatory obligations. The written reply of Air India and the personnel involved were examined.”