Flight diverted after passenger turns violent

Unruly man attacks fellow passenger

Budget airline IndiGo was forced to divert an international flight yesterday after an unruly passenger sat on the plane’s food cart before attacking another traveller, it said.

The morning flight from Dubai to Calicut, in the southern Indian state of Kerala, was diverted to Mumbai where the passenger was offloaded and handed over to police, IndiGo said in a statement.

“A little before landing, a passenger... started misbehaving with the crew. He jumped on the forward cart (which is used for food and onboard merchandise) and sat on it,” read the emailed statement. “This passenger after stepping down from the cart, suddenly got violent and started physically abusing the other co-passenger,” it added.

The flight later landed in Kozhikode around two hours behind schedule.