AI pilot grounded for Oz shoplifting
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:23.06.2019
A senior Air India commander, who is also the airline’s regional director (east), has been suspended for allegedly stealing a wallet at a Sydney duty-free shop on Saturday, just before he was to pilot a non-stop flight to Delhi.
Captain Rohit Bhasin was suspended on arrival here. He was also relieved of his responsibilities as regional director (east) with immediate effect. The pilot is learned to have told the airline authorities that he was “elated” on receiving a very good piece of news on the personal front before boarding flight AI 301and so decided to quickly shop for a gift for someone. As he was getting delayed, Bhasin claimed that he “inadvertently rushed off to the aircraft without realizing I had not paid for it (the gift)”.
A receipt found on Bhasin, who had paid for a jacket, showed that he had not payed for the TUMI wallet found inside the jacket.
Captain Rohit Bhasin is accused of not paying for a TUMI wallet found inside a jacket he bought
‘AI has zero-tolerance policy towards acts of impropriety’
AI chairman Ashwani Lohani said: “Very quick and exemplary action has been taken.”
The suspension order issued to Bhasin by AI’s director (personnel) Amrita Sharan states: “...You allegedly committed an act of shoplifting from a duty-free shop at Sydney airport before the departure of flight Al 301 of June 22, for which you were rostered as one of the commanders. Without prejudice to any disciplinary action to be initiated against you and pending enquiry, you are hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect.”
In a statement, AI spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar said: “AI lays the highest stress on proper conduct of its staff and has a zero-tolerance policy towards acts of impropriety. There is an initial report of one of its captains, Rohit Bhasin, who is also working as a regional director, picking up a wallet from a duty-free shop in Sydney. AI has instituted an inquiry into this incident and placed the captain under suspension.”
Man’s unruly behaviour forces IndiGo plane to make emergency landing in Odisha
Bhubaneswar:
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.
The IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Guwahati landed here after it was diverted under emergency protocol.
The 20-year-old passenger was deplaned and handed over to the airport police, officials at the airport said. The passengers on board were scared after the man created a ruckus and even tried to open a door of the aircraft, a police officer said. PTI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:23.06.2019
A senior Air India commander, who is also the airline’s regional director (east), has been suspended for allegedly stealing a wallet at a Sydney duty-free shop on Saturday, just before he was to pilot a non-stop flight to Delhi.
Captain Rohit Bhasin was suspended on arrival here. He was also relieved of his responsibilities as regional director (east) with immediate effect. The pilot is learned to have told the airline authorities that he was “elated” on receiving a very good piece of news on the personal front before boarding flight AI 301and so decided to quickly shop for a gift for someone. As he was getting delayed, Bhasin claimed that he “inadvertently rushed off to the aircraft without realizing I had not paid for it (the gift)”.
A receipt found on Bhasin, who had paid for a jacket, showed that he had not payed for the TUMI wallet found inside the jacket.
Captain Rohit Bhasin is accused of not paying for a TUMI wallet found inside a jacket he bought
‘AI has zero-tolerance policy towards acts of impropriety’
AI chairman Ashwani Lohani said: “Very quick and exemplary action has been taken.”
The suspension order issued to Bhasin by AI’s director (personnel) Amrita Sharan states: “...You allegedly committed an act of shoplifting from a duty-free shop at Sydney airport before the departure of flight Al 301 of June 22, for which you were rostered as one of the commanders. Without prejudice to any disciplinary action to be initiated against you and pending enquiry, you are hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect.”
In a statement, AI spokesperson Dhananjay Kumar said: “AI lays the highest stress on proper conduct of its staff and has a zero-tolerance policy towards acts of impropriety. There is an initial report of one of its captains, Rohit Bhasin, who is also working as a regional director, picking up a wallet from a duty-free shop in Sydney. AI has instituted an inquiry into this incident and placed the captain under suspension.”
Man’s unruly behaviour forces IndiGo plane to make emergency landing in Odisha
Bhubaneswar:
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.
The IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Guwahati landed here after it was diverted under emergency protocol.
The 20-year-old passenger was deplaned and handed over to the airport police, officials at the airport said. The passengers on board were scared after the man created a ruckus and even tried to open a door of the aircraft, a police officer said. PTI
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