Watch: Passenger tries opening emergency hatchet during mid-flight
- By Web Desk -
- Sep 23, 2023
A video of a man trying to open the plane’s emergency hatchet during mid-flight in India is going viral on social media.
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The viral video was shared on the social media application X, formerly known as Twitter.
The viral clip showed the passengers and cabin crew subduing 41-year-old Debnath, who was seated next to the emergency hatchet of the IndiGo flight from Guwahati to Agartala.
Guwahati to Agartala flight passenger tried to open emergency door got treatment from Co-passengers in Indigo
pic.twitter.com/qLu74Bz8FL— Ghar Ke Kalesh (@gharkekalesh) September 21, 2023
An Indian news agency reported that the commuters tried to stop him but he kept trying to open it. According to the investigation, the passenger was under the influence of narcotics. He was arrested by the authorities.
The incident happened a day after a passenger, identified as Manikandan, tried to open the emergency exit door of an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Chennai before it was to go airborne.
The airlines, in a statement, stated that Manikandan’s behaviour was termed as “unruly” by the passengers and cabin crew.
He was handed to the police after landing in Chennai.