Kerala: Taking cognisane of the incident, an official informed that the plane landed safely at the airport and all passengers and crew are safe.
Flight AI 470 was delayed by at least an hour and later took off for Delhi after the whole flight was thoroughly checked, said the official.
Despite the physical assault, Air India cabin crew did not use restraining devices to contain the unruly passenger, the source alleged.
According to the spokesperson, the passenger was warned several times by the crew and finally had to be restrained in his seat.
The pilot-in-command was also informed of the situation. A message was sent to the company immediately seeking security on arrival to escort the passenger.
Due to the pilot's refusal, 350 passengers were stranded at the Jaipur airport for approximately five hours and had to look for alternative transportation to Delhi.
The statement released by the White House asserted that the recent deal will support more than one million American jobs across 44 states and contribute to ongoing efforts to modernize the civil aviation sector in India.
The licence of the Pilot-in-command has been suspended for one year while the licence of the First Officer has been suspended for a period of one month.
The Tata Group-owned airline announced that it will buy 470 aircraft, including wide-body planes, in February this year.
In February this year, IndiGo announced its plans to roll out its air services to Kenya and Indonesia.
The country's domestic air passenger traffic was 114.67 lakh passengers in the year-ago period.
Air India pilot news: The Air India management acted against the pilot and the co-pilot soon after receiving a complaint from the cabin crew regarding an unauthorised female passenger entering the cockpit of the AI-445 aircraft.
The development closely follows IndiGo’s addition of a third daily flight on the Mumbai-Mangaluru route on May 22, an airport release in Mangaluru said.
As an interim measure, the airline has made arrangements for an alternate uniform for cabin crew in order to maintain business operations.
While regretting the disruption to its customers, Air India said the affected people have been offered the option of alternative flights or a full refund for the cancelled flight.
Air India flight AI 173 operating Delhi-SFO on June 6, carrying 216 passengers and 16 crew on board, was diverted to the Magadan port city in far east Russia following a mid-air glitch in one of the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft engines.
Air India flight: A senior official of Air India said that Flight AI173D from Magadan, Russia (GDX) is now airborne for San Francisco (SFO), carrying all passengers and crew. The flight departed GDX at 1027 Hours on June 8 (local time) and is expected to arrive at SFO at 0015 Hours (local time).
This development comes after an Air India flight which was headed to San Francisco from New Delhi, was diverted to Magadan on Tuesday after a technical issue with one of its engines.
Air India flight: Addressing the regular press briefing, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that the situation is continuously being monitored as the US-bound flight had to make an emergency landing in Russia.
According to an Air India official, the flight landed safely in Russia.
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