Kangana Ranaut flight row: IndiGo bans 9 journalists from flying for unruly behaviour

Low-cost carrier IndiGo has barred nine media persons from flying for 15 days for alleged unruly behaviour while they were on the same flight on 9 September, in which Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut was heading to Mumbai from Chandigarh.

This action was recommended by an internal committee that was formed in the wake of DGCA reprimanding the airline for not acting against mediapersons who allegedly behaved in an unruly fashion.

DGCA had said there were multiple issues involved in the case. The prominent ones include photography on board a flight (violation of Aircraft rules 13), violation of coronavirus protocols and certain actions falling within the purview of unruly behavior on board the flight.