New Delhi: A group of rogue passengers onboard a Thai Smile Airways plane from Bangkok to Kolkata beat up a man reportedly over changing the seat so that the group could sit together.
Update: Such behaviour unacceptable: Civi; Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Bangkok-Kolkata plane fight
A video of Bangkok-Kolkata flight scuffle inside the aircraft was shared widely on social media on Wednesday. In the clip, a man could be seen being slapped multiple times by a few co-passengers.
Man beaten up by co-passengers over seat-change onboard @thaismileairway plane from Bangkok to Kolkata. Call for action - Make the rogue group famous and leave the rest to @JM_Scindia pic.twitter.com/Om6u6zYSap
— NewsDrum (@thenewsdrum) December 29, 2022
According to a passenger who was in the plane, the incident happened on December 26 just before the plane was taxiing to the runway for takeoff. He was travelling to Kolkata along with his mother.
The passenger, who hails from Kolkata, told PTI about the incident on condition of anonymity.
He said that he was worried about his mother who was sitting near the seat where the incident happened. Later, other passengers and air hostess pacified the individuals involved in the scuffle, he added.
According to the passenger, the reason for the scuffle was not clear.
The plane landed at Kolkata early on Tuesday morning. It could not be immediately ascertained whether the incident was reported to the authorities in Kolkata after landing.
In the clip, two passengers were seen arguing before one of them said "put your hands down", and then started slapping the other person. A few other passengers also got involved in the scuffle.
Thai Smile Airways could not be immediately contacted for comments.
In a tweet marked to Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian Navy veteran Commander Ashok Bijalwan demanded that the rowdy group be put on “No Fly List” for life.
This happened on a @ThaiSmileAirway Bangkok-Kolkata flight yesterday.
These rowdy people should be put on "No Fly List" for life.@JM_Scindia @DGCAIndia pic.twitter.com/WLBc8YluMJ
— Commander Ashok Bijalwan (@AshTheWiz) December 28, 2022
Last week, a video clip of a heated exchange between a passenger and an air hostess onboard an IndiGo flight from Istanbul to Delhi surfaced on social media. The heated exchange over the choice of meals onboard the flight happened on December 16. IndiGo and DGCA, last week, said they were looking into the incident.
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