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On an IndiGo flight, a co-passenger describes what happened before the man slapped the pilot.

By - 16 Jan 2024 05:51 PM

New Delhi: On Monday, a man traveling on an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Goa, during which a passenger attacked the captain following an hours-long delay, provided a first-hand account of the incident.

Sanal Vij said he "doesn't support violence" on his X account, but IndiGo took advantage of him and "hide all their mismanagement and mistakes in lieu of what the passenger did".

According to him, there were "multiple delays" on flight 6E2175, which was supposed to take off at 7:40 AM, but instead it took off at 5:35 PM.I feel obligated to share my first-hand account of the incident as a fellow passenger. It's important to make clear that I oppose violence before I continue. I want to talk about what I went through and clarify what happened," he wrote.

After a five-hour delay owing to inclement weather, boarding began at 12:20 PM with about 186 passengers, including small children, elderly people, and infants. Despite completing boarding by 12:40 PM (approx), the flight doors remained open till 2:50 PM, with ground staff attributing the delay to ATC (air traffic control) not clearing the flight because of the congestion," Mr Vij said.