‘assaults’ ground engineer inside cockpit of Chennai-Paris flight

the engineer Kannan had an argument inside the cockpit over delay in flight departure following which the pilot assaulted the engineer.

Kannan was bleeding from the nose and has been taken to a hospital.

The flight had 142 people onboard and took off after a two-hour delay at 11.45 am as the engineer was reportedly insisting on filing a police complaint.

The pilot Manicklal, who had locked himself up inside the cockpit, has now been taken for medical examination. Air India has ordered a probe into the incident. Investigations are underway.