New Delhi: A passenger on-board Vistara airlines flight engaged in an argument with the crew refused to allow him to smoke on the plane. The flight was delayed by three hours as he was adamant on smoking.
The flight, UK 707, which was travelling from Amritsar to Kolkata was scheduled to have a halt in Delhi.
The passenger had asked the flight attendant to allow him to smoke citing that the flight is long. He engaged in an argument with the crew after they denied him his wish.
The passenger was issued a warning letter by the pilot and later offloaded at Delhi airport.
A statement by a Vistara spokesperson read, “We confirm that a customer of U K 707 from Amritsar to Kolkata via Delhi showed an unruly behaviour on board. After pushback from Delhi which was the intermediate stop en-route to Kolkata, we had an unruly customer situation who insisted on smoking on board. Vistara regrets the delay, however, safety and security of customers are Vistara’s foremost priority and it does not accept unruly behaviour of any kind.”