Yahoo – AFP,
9 January 2018
Mumbai (AFP) - An Indian airline said Tuesday it had fired two pilots after reports they fought and both briefly left the cockpit unmanned during a New Year's Day flight from London to Mumbai.
Indian airline fires pilots over mid-air row |
Mumbai (AFP) - An Indian airline said Tuesday it had fired two pilots after reports they fought and both briefly left the cockpit unmanned during a New Year's Day flight from London to Mumbai.
Jet Airways
took the step after investigating allegations that a male pilot slapped his
female colleague during a heated argument when the plane was mid-air carrying
324 passengers.
The quarrel
reportedly led the female pilot to leave the cockpit in tears and she had to be
persuaded to go back in by cabin crew.
At one
point the male pilot also left the cockpit, leaving the controls briefly
unattended, according to local media reports.
"Consequent
to the review of the events... Jet Airways has terminated services of both the
cockpit crew with immediate effect," Jet said in a statement.
The two
pilots were grounded last week over the altercation, which Jet had described as
a "misunderstanding" that was "quickly resolved amicably".
The flight
departed London around 1000 GMT on Monday and arrived in India's financial
capital on schedule around nine hours later at midnight local time.
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