LUCKNOW: A woman passenger who was supposed to board a flight for Mumbai, was booked by Lucknow police after she allegedly attacked and bit on the wrist of an airline ground crew at Lucknow airport.
The incident happened on Tuesday evening, when passengers of the flight Q were boarding the plane, which was scheduled to take off at 5:25 pm. The FIR was lodged at Sarojini Nagar police station.
Shailendra Giri, the station house officer of Sarojini Nagar, said, “The woman was in stress and not in sound mind.She had engaged in a heated argument with fellow passengers after boarding the flight. When the flight crew attempted to calm down the situation, she again lost her temper. Later, the ground staff was called to deboard her.”
“While being deboarded from the aircraft by airline ground crew, the woman bit on the wrist of a male crew member, after which CISF was called and she was brought to the police station for legal action,” said the SHO.
The woman was booked under IPC’s sections 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (breach of peace).
“She had misbehaved with other passengers and flight crew, following which I went to assist her for deboarding. She bit me on my wrist after coming out of the aircraft,” the crew said.
The woman passenger, who hails from Agra, but lives in Mumbai, had come to Lucknow to meet her sister, police said. Following the FIR, the woman was sent back to her relatives.