Two passengers try to open emergency exit door on board Alliance Air Flight; arrested at Kerala's Alliance Air Flight

Sources said that the two passengers tried to open the emergency door of the Bangalore bound flight several times after which the flight crew handed them over to the Airport Authority at Cochin airport.

Kochi: Two passengers on board an Alliance Air Flight to Bangalore were arrested for allegedly attempting to open the emergency door of the plane while it was flying through the bay of Cochin International Airport in Kerala on Thursday night, sources said. The arrested passengers have been identified as Ramoji Korayil and Ramesh Kumar, both residents of Karnataka.

An official said that after noticing the suspicious activity of both the passengers, the flight crew swung into action and thwarted the dangerous move of the miscreants. According to the official, the two passengers tried to open the Emergency door several times after which the flight crew handed over the passengers to the Airport Authority.

As soon as the flight landed at the Cochin International Airport, the two passengers were arrested by Nedumbassery Police following a complaint lodged with the police station by the Cochin Airport officials, said an official. An official said that both the accused passengers were also banned from the proposed journey to Bangalore as a safety measure.

It is learnt that the two passengers have in their defence told the police that, it was by mistake they tried to open the door. But the Airport authority refuted their claim saying they attempted to open the emergency exit doot three to four times, which cannot be considered as a mistake. The police said that they would be thoroughly interrogated and produced in court on Friday.

Sources said that the attempt by the two passengers from Karnataka to open the emergency door created panic among the other passengers. The timely action by the flight crew on board the Alliance Air Flight is being hailed to have prevented a major incident.

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