A man aboard an Air India flight drunkenly urinated on a fellow passenger in November and stood exposing his genitals despite the victim asking him to move.
Now, the airline has demanded the man be banned from flying after the woman detailed her ordeal in a letter to the chairman of Tata group, owner of the flag carrier airline of India, Business Today reported.
The incident took place on Nov. 26 on an Air India flight from New York to Delhi. The man walked up to the woman, in her 70s, when all the lights in the cabin were dimmed after lunch, unzipped his pants, and relieved himself on her. As a result, the elderly lady had her clothes, shoes, and bag fully soaked in urine, NDTV reported.
An inebriated male passenger urinated on a female co-passenger in Air India’s business class on Nov 26, 2022
Air India has lodged a police complaint regarding the incident which took place on Nov 26 when the flight was on its way from JFK (US) to Delhi: Air India official to ANI pic.twitter.com/XE55X6ao0b
— ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2023
In her letter to the Tata group chairman, the woman apparently wrote the crew onboard was negligent toward her and let the man walk scot-free.
The woman said in her letter that after she cleaned herself in the aircraft’s lavatory, the crew gave her fresh clothes and slippers and told her to return to her seat, which she refused, so she was given a crew seat.
After an hour, she was told again to return to her seat, which was now covered with sheets but was still smelly.
“We are aware of the incident involving a passenger who had behaved in an unacceptable manner, affecting another. Air India has reported the incident to police and regulatory authorities for them to further investigate and take any necessary action against the misbehaving party. We have also been in regular contact with the aggrieved passenger and her family during the investigation and reporting process,” Air India said in a statement, according to Business Today.
Air India has since lodged a police complaint and constituted an internal committee that demanded the man be put on a “no-fly” list, according to NDTV.
In October 2020, a Michigan woman said she woke up to a man peeing on her when she was on a nighttime flight home to Detroit from Las Vegas. The man later turned out to be a well-known pastor in North Carolina who apparently suffered a reaction from a sleep-aid medication. An off-duty officer, who was also traveling on the flight, took the man into custody.
