AI gets DGCA notice over peeing incident

MUMBAI: Calling them “unprofessional”, the Indian aviation regulator on Thursday issued showcause notices to Air India officials, including all the pilots and cabin crew members who operated the New York to Delhi flight on November 26 in which an inebriated man is accused of urinating on a woman seated in the business class. When the flight landed, the crew allowed the erring passenger, Shankar Mishra, a businessman from Mumbai, to walk away.

Air India officials will have to respond within two weeks, said Arun Kumar, director general, civil aviation. The airline’s accountable manager and director, inflight services, too got the notices. TOI was the first to report the incident on January 4, following which the DGCA sought a report from the Tata Group-owned airline.