New Delhi:Amid the ongoing IndiGo flight fiasco that has mired BJP leader Tejasvi Surya into controversy, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said that Surya himself reported and apologized for the incident where he accidentally opened the emergency exit of an IndiGo plane last month.
Though allegations of this unnamed passenger being Tejasvi Surya had surfaced earlier, there were no official confirmations from the flight authorities regarding the identity of this passenger. This statement by Scindia is the first official statement in the matter since it caught the limelight.
When asked about the incident by some reporters on Wednesday, minister Scindia said it had happened on the ground. "When the incident happened, Tejasvi Surya ji himself reported that incident, based on which the full protocol was followed as DGCA itself has investigated and enunciated. The full protocol was followed and pressurization was checked, all the other checks were in place, and only then (did) the aircraft take off. I think he himself apologized," Scindia told the reporters.
"The person concerned, Tejasvi Surya himself reported to the crew and the pilot following which all the protocols were followed, and only then was the aircraft allowed to take off," he added.