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Gives a whole other meaning to flying the friendly skies.

The Maharaja witnessed his first in-flight Mughal-e-Azam at 30,000 feet above sea level on Saturday, as two members of the cabin crew—one male and one female—slugged it out with the pilot and co-pilot. Video here. Endangering the lives of 106 passengers and grossly violating safety norms, the airline staffers came to blows in the cockpit and galley of the Indian Airlines Airbus A-320 as the aircraft cruised over Pakistan en route to Delhi via Lucknow from Sharjah.

...The cabin crew alleged that pilots harassed a 24-year-old female colleague who later filed a molestation complaint against them with the cops after the flight landed in Delhi. The pilots, on the other hand, accused a male flight purser of misconduct that seriously compromised flight safety, and said the accusation of molestation aimed to protect the complainant's purser friend—who has a commercial pilot licence (CPL)—from facing action.

No party denied that blows and abuses were exchanged as bewildered passengers looked on. Sources said that the female cabin crew member and the co-pilot sustained bruises.

...There were unconfirmed reports that at one stage the cockpit was unmanned, as the crew was busy fighting outside. Things allegedly degenerated to the point where the captain threatened to divert the plane to Karachi, likening the situation, sources said, to a "hijack".....

Rest of the complex story here.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

The more I read about India, the more I worry about the place. That is just plain weird!

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Are you sure that wasn't WWF Airlines? If this weren't so unprofessional and dangerous it would be almost funny.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

It certainly makes the idea of remote piloting more attractive!

 

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I can just imagine the passengers watching this fight, leaning into one another and asking, "Um, who's flying the plane...?"

 

[slyc_willie]

I can just imagine the passengers watching this fight, leaning into one another and asking, "Um, who's flying the plane...?"

Probably more like, "Fifty rupees on the big one."