30L gold stolen on AI flight, found in 30mins
Times of India 11.04.2018
New Delhi: A passenger recently flying from Delhi to Hong Kong discovered that his cabin bag with gold worth 30 lakh was missing. He raised an alarm and the airline crew immediately stopped flyers from getting off the aircraft. A search of the plane led to the recovery of the bag and a suspect was also identified and handed over to the local police.
The incident occurred on board Air India flight AI 314 on March 26. “When the passengers were getting ready to alight from the Dreamliner, an Indian flyer seated in economy class raised an alarm about his cabin bag kept in the overhead locker being missing. The cabin crew, especially staffer Sunil Nagari, acted with amazing swiftness. He ran to the aerobridge and asked for the de-boarding to be stopped and for the local police to be called in,” said a crew member who operated the flight.
By this time, business class passengers had already alighted. When the police arrived, they said passengers seated three rows ahead and three rows behind the passenger must stay and the rest could leave. Police then started their search.
“The bag was recovered from underneath a seat away from where its owner was seated. A passenger of foreign origin was detained. The theft was foiled by the alertness of the crew,” said a source.
Air India did not comment on this at the time of filing of this report. TNN
New Delhi: A passenger recently flying from Delhi to Hong Kong discovered that his cabin bag with gold worth 30 lakh was missing. He raised an alarm and the airline crew immediately stopped flyers from getting off the aircraft. A search of the plane led to the recovery of the bag and a suspect was also identified and handed over to the local police.
The incident occurred on board Air India flight AI 314 on March 26. “When the passengers were getting ready to alight from the Dreamliner, an Indian flyer seated in economy class raised an alarm about his cabin bag kept in the overhead locker being missing. The cabin crew, especially staffer Sunil Nagari, acted with amazing swiftness. He ran to the aerobridge and asked for the de-boarding to be stopped and for the local police to be called in,” said a crew member who operated the flight.
By this time, business class passengers had already alighted. When the police arrived, they said passengers seated three rows ahead and three rows behind the passenger must stay and the rest could leave. Police then started their search.
“The bag was recovered from underneath a seat away from where its owner was seated. A passenger of foreign origin was detained. The theft was foiled by the alertness of the crew,” said a source.
Air India did not comment on this at the time of filing of this report. TNN
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