AI sticks up for pilot in urination case on NY-Delhi flight in November

Closing its internal investigation into the infamous incident on AI-102 flight from New York to Delhi in November last year where Shankar Mishra, an inebriated passenger, had allegedly urinated on a septuagenarian co-passenger in business class, on Tuesday, Air India has called the licence suspension of the pilot in charge of the flight “excessive”.

It, in fact, said the company will be assisting him with an appeal. However, the airline also accepted that the incident was not classified correctly, in keeping with the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR).

“The crew and ground staff have been issued warning letters to henceforth adhere strictly to CAR definition of “unruly”, when reporting incidents onboard, so that later investigation can assess the facts.