‘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.

AI pilot assaults engineer at Chennai Airport

Reports said an argument broke out between the pilot of the aircraft and the concerned engineer after the flight was reportedly delayed for between four and four-and-a-half hours.

It is being said that the assault took place following arguments with about 25 to 30 passengers who reportedly wanted the Paris leg of the flight to take off later than its original scheduled time from Delhi because of the delay in take off from Chennai.

As of now, no reason is being given as to why the pilot assaulted the engineer.

At the time of the filing of this report, tension was prevailing at the airport.