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Pilot, Crew Slug It Out on Air India Plane

Fisticuffs erupt over sex harassment complaint by flight attendant

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(Newser) – Pilots and crew members on an Air India jet came to blows mid-flight in an argument about sex harassment. Stunned passengers watched grappling staffers spill out of the cockpit into a galley. The fight erupted when a flight attendant complained about harassment by the pilots en route from Pakistan to New Delhi, reports BBC. Pilots claim the complaint was an attempt to derail a misconduct report about a male staffer. No one was seriously injured and the plane landed safely. Police are investigating.

An Air India aircraft taxis down a runway.
An Air India aircraft taxis down a runway.   (Getty Images)
An aircraft prepares to land in the backdrop of parked Air India planes in New Delhi.
An aircraft prepares to land in the backdrop of parked Air India planes in New Delhi.   (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)
Fighting pilots and crew members spilled out of the cockpit and into a galley on an Air India flight.
Fighting pilots and crew members spilled out of the cockpit and into a galley on an Air India flight.   (Getty Images)
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riffran
Oct 5, 09 2:26 AM CDT
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armywife
Oct 5, 09 3:50 AM CDT
fisticuffs! such a wonderful and underused word! however, note to self: avoid Air India.... Reply
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bewilderbeast
Oct 5, 09 5:05 AM CDT
You said it, armywife! I flew Air India way back in the seventies (only flight I could get). As I settled in after takeoff I opened my newspaper and read "Air India voted worst airline for 1973"!! Being young I just had a good laugh at that (but I didn't show the onboard staff the paper!).
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riffran
Oct 5, 09 6:05 AM CDT
my fave was "pugilistic endeavors"...to describe a fistfight..
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cochiserocks
Oct 5, 09 5:50 AM CDT
India - home of meditation, enlightenment, vegetarianism, peace, love and 3D in flight entertainment :-) What was the movie, "Sikhs on a Plane" lol.....sorry - couldn't resist it! I can just imagine Samuel L Jackson breaking up the fight with the immortal phrase - "I'm sick and tired of all these....." ha ha ha - If you've seen the movie - you know the quote! Reply
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