Mishra had allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman in an intoxicated condition in business class of an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi on November 26 last year.
Months after the pee-gate incident in an Air India flight mid-way air came to the fore, the airline has amended its existing in-flight liquor service policy for a better travel experience.
On November 26 last year, a man named Shankar Mishra allegedly urinated on a 70-year-old woman in an intoxicated condition in business class of an Air India flight.
According to e-mails accessed by ANI, the Air India cabin crew supervisor had reportedly sent out emails on November 27 at around 1 pm to the head of the Inflight Service Department (IFSD), base operations in India, Lead HR head of IFSD, and head of the northern region of IFSD and of comp
The airline further said that it is strengthening its crew's awareness of and compliance with policies on the handling of incidents involving unruly passengers.
A senior DGCA official said that adhering to the deadline of two weeks to respond to the show cause notice, the airline has submitted its reply. After reviewing it, the final decision will be taken into the matter.
A statement issued to ANI by Mishra's lawyer said that "we would particularly like to point out that the Internal Inquiry Committee's ruling hinges upon their incorrect understanding of the layout of the Aircraft."
"The independent 3-member Internal Committee under the chairmanship of ex-District Judge has concluded that Shankar Mishra is covered under the definition of "unruly passenger" and banned from flying for 4 months as per relevant provisions of Civil Aviation Requirements," said an Air India s
Air India banned Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elder woman mid-way on an Air India flight for four months, an Air India official told ANI on Thursday.
Reacting to the statement of Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on an elder woman mid-way on an Air India flight, that the complainant herself could have peed on her seat, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday termed his defence as 'shameful'.
After the new allegations made by Shankar Mishra, accused of urinating on a woman on Air India Flight that he did not commit the offence and the complainant herself could have peed on her own seat, the complainant issued a statement stating that accused has adopted a campaign of spreading mi