Drunk passenger assaults flight attendant on an Air India Delhi-London flight

MUMBAI: An inebriated passenger aboard a recent Air India flight from Delhi to London assaulted a male flight attendant, leaving him with a bloodied ear and forehead for interrupting his group’s drinking session.
The incident occured on board Air India Delhi-London flight 111 on July 7. “A group of passengers, travelling together, in economy class were filling their glasses from the bottle of gin one of them brought on board,” said the source.
Bringing your own bottle of alcohol to drink onboard flight is an absolute no-no as far as flight safety and security norms go.
“The said flight attendant, very politely, told the passenger who had the bottle that bringing your alcohol to drink on board flight isn’t permitted,” the source said, adding that the said flight attendant is soft-spoken and mild-mannered. “On being confronted, the passenger got up, pinned the crew to a door and began thrashing him. The unruly passenger then kicked him repeatedly, six to seven, hitting his chest. The flight attendant began bleeding from his ears,” the source said. “The passenger and those in the group also did not wear their masks even early on during the flight, despite several repeated reminders by the crew,” the source said.