Flight AI 263 with 110 passengers onboard was stalled at the Chennai airport yesterday morning. (Representational image)
In a bizarre incident, passengers of an Air India flight from Chennai to Male were made to wait for over two hours because the flight commander refused to fly without a certain woman co-pilot. The airline has ordered a probe.
"On the issue of the recent incident on (Air India flight) from Chennai to Male via Thiruvananthapuram where the pilot refused to fly without a particular co-pilot, the airline has taken a strong view on the matter and has ordered an immediate inquiry into it," Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said in a statement.
Flight AI 263 with 110 passengers onboard was stalled at the Chennai airport yesterday morning after the commander allegedly insisted for the particular woman pilot to operate the aircraft with him.
The company will neither "condone" nor "tolerate" such acts, said Mr Lohani.
"The airline has suffered enough because of such stray and repeated cases of indiscipline," he said, adding, "I have directed all such cases be brought to my notice immediately and strict action to be taken," he added.