70 Indigo fliers offloaded for 'unruly behaviour'

January 23, 2016 16:57

At least 70 passengers were offloaded from a Raipur-bound Indigo flight at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad last night on the grounds of "unruly behaviour", following which the fliers lodged a complaint with airport police alleging they were harassed by the airline staff.

The incident happened between 8:30 PM and 9:00 PM. The passengers, who as a group were travelling to Raipur from Hyderabad, "were trying to exchange seats among themselves. An altercation erupted between the cabin crew and two-three members of the group over this.

"The cabin crew then called the ground staff to assist them. The situation worsened and led to the extent of offloading of passengers," airport police inspector T Sudhakar said.

He said the passengers in a complaint alleged that they were harrased by the airline's staff and the flight took-off without handing them their check-in baggage.

The airline in a statement said the passengers were offloaded "on the grounds of unruly behaviour" and an FIR has been lodged with local police in this regard.

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