Man held for jumping out from emergency exit door of flight in Mumbai

March 29, 2015 20:07

man for has been arrested for opening the emergency exit door of a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight and jumping off at the aircraft's wing while it had landed at the parking bay of Mumbai airport, police said today.

"We have arrested Akash Jain, 27, yesterday for endangering the life of other passengers and security of the aircraft," an official of Airport police station said.

The police said after he jumped from the flight (from the aircraft's wings), he straight away walked towards the exit of the airport. The police said that Jalandhar-based Jain fled from home with Rs 30,000.

Though first he had planned to go to Goa via Mumbai, later changed his plan on reaching Pune. It is also being probed that if he suffers from any mental ailment, they said.

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