70 fliers offloaded from flight for ‘unruly behaviour’

HYDERABAD: At least 70 passengers were offloaded from a Raipur-bound Indigo flight at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Friday night for “unruly behaviour”, following which the fliers lodged a complaint with the airport police, alleging they were harassed by the airline staff.

The passengers, who as a group were travelling to Raipur from Hyderabad, were trying to exchange seats among themselves. An altercation erupted between the cabin crew and two to three members of the group over this.

The airline in a statement said the passengers were offloaded “on the grounds of unruly behaviour” and an FIR has been lodged with local police in this regard. “Indigo confirms offloading of 70 passengers who were scheduled to fly on 6E-466 from Hyderabad to Raipur on the grounds of unruly behaviour,” the statement said.