Two travellers in mid-air brawl

Aviation authorities take strong view of incident

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), a body that monitors aviation security has taken strong cognisance of a video that has gone viral on social media showing passengers on a Bangkok-Kolkata flight engaged in a mid-air brawl.

“We have taken cognisance of the viral video which is showing a fight between passengers on a Thai Airways flight to Kolkata,” Zulfiquar Hasan, Director General, BCAS said.

The purported video from the Bangkok-Kolkata Thai Smile Airways December 27 flight shows two passengers engaging in a heated argument even as flight attendant attempts to calm them.

One man is then seen slapping the other as the cabin crew member desperately attempts to separate them.

The Director General, BCAS, is responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of the National Civil Aviation Security Programme.

Report sought

DG BCAS said a detailed report has been sought from the concerned authority and the matter will be taken seriously.

“The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has sought a detailed report from the concerned authority. The matter has been viewed seriously. We will decide on the further course of action once we receive the report,” Zulfiquar Hasan said. Earlier, last week a video of a heated argument between a passenger and an air hostess in Indigo’s Delhibound international flight went viral on social media.

In the viral video, the crew member could be seen telling a passenger who is not visible not to shout. “You pointed a finger at me and you are yelling at me. My crew is crying because of you, please try to understand that there is a cart, there are counters uplifted. We can always serve what you want,” she could be heard saying in the video.