A 25-year-old Kerala man was arrested by Mumbai police on Saturday (June 1) as he disrupted an Air India Express flight from Kozhikode to Bahrain by assaulting the cabin crew and trying to open the emergency door midair.
As per reports, Abdul Musavir Nadukandee woke up on the flight and immediately went to the back of the plane as the plane took off. He then assaulted the cabin crew and tried to open the emergency door. When the cabin crew subdued him, he allegedly hurled abuses at the staff and threatened fellow passengers.
As the incident unfolded, the pilot of the aircraft diverted the flight to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and alerted the security officials on the ground.
When the flight landed at the airport, Abdul was immediately detained by the Mumbai police. He has been arrested under several charges, including endangering life, provocation to breach of peace, criminal intimidation, assault, and violations of the Aircraft Act.
“Upon realising that this could be a potential security threat, the pilot of the Air India Express flight made an emergency landing at the Mumbai Airport where the accused passenger was deplaned and taken into custody by security officials who had already been alerted by the crew,” Air India Express said in a statement on Monday.
(With inputs from agencies)
