Mumbai: A case has been registered against a 38-year-old man after he was found smoking inside the toilet of a flight coming from Delhi to Mumbai. Police gave this information on Friday.
The official said that the incident took place on Wednesday evening on an IndiGo flight from the country's national capital to the financial capital.
The plane carrying 176 passengers took off from Delhi airport at around 5.15 pm. He said that about 50 minutes before landing at Mumbai airport, a passenger named Khalil Kajammul Khan, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, went to the toilet.
The cabin crew was alerted by smoke sensors after Khan smoked a cigarette inside the toilet, the official said.
When he came out, crew members inspected the toilet and found a match stick and a cigarette stub. He informed his superiors about the findings, the officer said. When interrogated by the crew members, Khan also admitted to smoking inside the toilet, he said.
After the plane landed at Mumbai airport, the matter was reported to the security personnel and Khan was taken to Sahar police station. The officer said that a case has been registered against him under the Indian Penal Code and Aircraft Rules.
The official said that the incident took place on Wednesday evening on an IndiGo flight from the country's national capital to the financial capital.
The plane carrying 176 passengers took off from Delhi airport at around 5.15 pm. He said that about 50 minutes before landing at Mumbai airport, a passenger named Khalil Kajammul Khan, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, went to the toilet.
The cabin crew was alerted by smoke sensors after Khan smoked a cigarette inside the toilet, the official said.
When he came out, crew members inspected the toilet and found a match stick and a cigarette stub. He informed his superiors about the findings, the officer said. When interrogated by the crew members, Khan also admitted to smoking inside the toilet, he said.
After the plane landed at Mumbai airport, the matter was reported to the security personnel and Khan was taken to Sahar police station. The officer said that a case has been registered against him under the Indian Penal Code and Aircraft Rules.
