Woman On IndiGo's Varanasi-Mumbai Flight Booked For Misbehaving With Cabin Crew

The woman passenger, who was on board IndiGo flight 5292, was declared an unruly passenger and a cabin crew filed a complaint against her under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Aircraft Rules.

Mumbai: A woman passenger onboard IndiGo flight 5292 from Varanasi to Mumbai was booked for allegedly abusing and misbehaving with cabin crew over a change in seat, police have said.

The incident took place on Monday, a police official said. The flight with 175 passengers took off from Varanasi 29 minutes late. The woman, occupying seat 9, asked for a change in seat but refused when the crew asked her to take seat 15.

Some 15 minutes later, she went to the lavatory and then started abusing and misbehaving with the crew, the official said on Thursday. Though crew members initially ignored her rants, she continued to shout at them.