Urination incident in American Airlines New York-Delhi flight

An inebriated Indian student in an American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi allegedly urinated and soiled a male copassenger on Saturday with Delhi Police saying necessary legal action is being taken on the basis of a complaint from the airlineThe airline has submitted a report about the incident to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGCA The airline seems to have handled the situation professionally and have taken all appropriate action a senior official at the regulator told PTIThe incident happened in flight AA292 which landed at the Delhi airport at 950 pm on SaturdayWhen contacted American Airlines in a statement on Sunday said the flight was met by local enforcement upon arrival in Delhi due to a disruptive customer but did not provide specific details about the incidentDelhi airport DCP Devesh Kumar Mahla on Sunday said a complaint of urination on copassenger has been received from American Airlines against one person who is a student in the US The person is a resident of Defence colony in the national capitalWe are taking necessary legal action he saidThe accused is a student in a US university He was in a state of inebriation and urinated while he was asleep It somehow leaked and fell on a fellow passenger who complained to the crew a source at the airport saidAlso Read Weve transitioned from being democracy to autocracy Oppositions letter to PM Modi against Manish Sisodias arrestAccording to the source the male victim was not keen on reporting the matter to the police after the student apologised as it might put his career in jeopardyHowever the airline took it seriously and reported it to the Air Traffic Control ATC at the airportAfter the crew came to know about the incident on board they informed the pilot who reported the matter to the ATC which further alerted the CISF personnel who handed over the accused passenger to the Delhi policeThe airlines own security team along with the CISF came into action after the incident came to light The accused was immediately taken into custody once the flight landed Police are recording the statements of the persons concerned another source at the airport told PTIIn a statement American Airlines said its flight 292 with service from John F Kennedy International Airport JFK to Indira Gandhi International Airport was met by local law enforcement upon arrival in Delhi due to a disruptive customerThe flight landed safely at 950 pm Were grateful to our crew members who are consistently dedicated to the safety and care of our customers and handled the circumstances with the utmost professionalism the airline saidLast year there was at least one incident of a passenger allegedly urinating on a copassenger onboard a flight The incident had happened on an Air India New YorkDelhi flight on November 26 2022 and came to light in January this yearThe passenger Shankar Mishra in an inebriated state had allegedly urinated on an elderly woman copassenger Mishra was arrested and later released on bailFollowing the incident Air India had imposed a flying ban on the passenger concerned while aviation regulator DGCA had taken enforcement action against the airline in relation to the incidentAs per civil aviation rules if a passenger is found guilty of unruly behaviour enforcement action including imposing a flying ban can be taken depending on the level of offenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever