Pilot suspended for threatening passenger
75-year-old woman denied wheelchair
11/02/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
75-year-old woman denied wheelchair
11/02/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI
A woman and her mother were stopped from deplaning the aircraft.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday suspended the flying licence of an IndiGo pilot for three months for “threatening and intimidating” a woman passenger accompanying a wheelchair-bound senior citizen on January 13, 2020.
“The pilot’s attitude towards the wheelchair-bound senior citizen was intimidating, threatening and lacked compassion. His actions led to avoidable detention,” the DGCA said in a statement.
Sharing her ordeal of “harassment” on Twitter, Bengaluru resident Supriya Unni Nair said the pilot, Captain Jayakrishna stopped her and her 75-year-old mother from deplaning the aircraft after she insisted on a wheelchair for the latter. The wheelchair had been booked by her before embarking on the flight but the crew members said they had no access to it, leading to an argument.
Civil Aviation Minister of State Hardeep Singh Puri, taking note of her social media post, asked the DGCA to probe the matter.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday suspended the flying licence of an IndiGo pilot for three months for “threatening and intimidating” a woman passenger accompanying a wheelchair-bound senior citizen on January 13, 2020.
“The pilot’s attitude towards the wheelchair-bound senior citizen was intimidating, threatening and lacked compassion. His actions led to avoidable detention,” the DGCA said in a statement.
Sharing her ordeal of “harassment” on Twitter, Bengaluru resident Supriya Unni Nair said the pilot, Captain Jayakrishna stopped her and her 75-year-old mother from deplaning the aircraft after she insisted on a wheelchair for the latter. The wheelchair had been booked by her before embarking on the flight but the crew members said they had no access to it, leading to an argument.
Civil Aviation Minister of State Hardeep Singh Puri, taking note of her social media post, asked the DGCA to probe the matter.
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