Move over, pilot, I need to charge my phone

– A passenger was kicked off an Indian flight after he tried to access the cockpit to charge his phone, the airline said yesterday.

The incident took place as an IndiGo flight was preparing to take off. “An unruly passenger tried to enter the cockpit stating that his mobile needs to be charged,” IndiGo said in a statement.

The man, in his mid-thirties, was drunk, an airport official said. – AFP