A Hyderabad man allegedly misbehaves with airhostess, threatens to hijack plane and even tries to enter cockpit Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-...
A Hyderabad man allegedly misbehaves with airhostess, threatens to hijack plane and even tries to enter cockpit
Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based passenger, who threatened the crew and passengers of Dubai-Hyderabad Air India flight in midair, was arrested as soon as the flight landed on Tuesday around 8 am at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA).According to sources, Md Yousuf, a resident of Mehdipatnam, misbehaved with the crew members of flight no. 952. He allegedly harassed the air hostess.
Though she requested him to restrain his activities, he continued to misbehave with her. His nuisance did not end there. He went ahead and threatened the crew members that he would hijack the plane. He also tried to enter the cockpit and threatened to hijack the plane leading to panic among passengers. The 35-year-old Yousuf requested a crew member to pose for a selfie and tried to engage her in a conversation, to which she objected, according to police.
The air hostess alerted the flight captain who in turn informed the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at the RGIA. The flight, which was about to land in 20 minutes at RGIA, made an emergency landing following the hijack alert. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) accompanied by the ground staff took Yousuf into custody and handed him over to the Shamshabad police.
Yousuf, who spent six months in a drilling company in Dubai, was returning to the city to meet his family. The police registered a case. According to Cyberabad CP CV Anand, the youth was trying to flirt with the airhostess and when she refuted his overtures, the youth played a prank threatening to hijack the plane.
