Indian Passenger Arrested For Urinating On Fellow Passenger On Board American Airlines New York-Delhi Flight

AN INDIAN man travelling from New York to Delhi has been apprehended at Delhi airport for allegedly urinating on his co-passenger, an official was cited as saying by PTI.

Reportedly, the accused passenger was stated to be under the influence of alcohol by the airlines staff. He urinated on his co-passenger during an argument.

The incident took place on board American Airlines flight AA 292 at nearly 9 pm on Sunday and after the flight landed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) detained the alleged "unruly" passenger.

According to the sources cited by the news agency PTI, the matter was reported to the Delhi airport before landing by the airlines, and at the Delhi airport, both passengers involved in the incident were handed over to the Delhi Police. The victim has also registered a formal complaint.

A similar incident of a passenger allegedly urinating on co-passenger has been reported recently.

Earlier on November 26, 2022, Shankar Mishra allegedly urinated on a woman on board an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi.

He was arrested by the Delhi Police on January 6, 2023.

Delhi Police had registered an FIR against him on January 4 on a complaint given by the woman to Air India.The police registered an FIR under sections 354, 509, and 510 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 23 of the Indian Aircraft Act. Both the accused and the victim are from outside Delhi.

In March, the 72-year-old woman, who was urinated upon in a New York-Delhi, approached the Supreme Court for a direction to DGCA and all airlines to frame mandatory Standard of Procedure and zero tolerance rules to deal with unruly passengers and onboard sufferers. 

Hema Rajaraman sought direction for Directorate General Civil Aviation to include in the CAR an explicit zero-tolerance policy concerning "unruly/disruptive behaviour", which would mandate reporting to it and to law enforcement, failing which action would be taken against the airlines in all cases.

"Direct the Respondent No.2 (DGCA) that the Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) dated May 2017 of the DGCA should consider "drunkenness" or "inebriation" on its own to be considered unruly/disruptive behaviour on an aircraft," the plea said.

(With inputs from agency)