Air India pilot, crew hurt after mid-air scuffle

jituyadav · Oct 4th, 2009, 13:13

Perhaps the crew was not in favour of the pilots checking out the 'dosa' in pakistan.

Nick-H · Oct 4th, 2009, 15:33

What a crazy situation. Somebody will, no doubt, be sacked --- but will it be the person responsible, or a scapegoat?

nikhilsegel · Oct 4th, 2009, 15:37

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

but will it be the person responsible, or a scapegoat?

Scapegoat

cityMONK · Oct 4th, 2009, 15:43

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Originally Posted by jituyadav

Perhaps the crew was not in favour of the pilots checking out the 'dosa' in pakistan.

See how intutative IM members are , truth which is coming out slowly now is very similar to their imaginations . 24 year old hostess has lodged complaint with police for molestation charges against senior Pilots. Crew member , her boy friend , was also a commercial pilot licence holder, says he went to her rescue on attempted rape in cockpit. Senior Pilot says crew member was forcibly trying to fly plane and at one time pilots tried to take plane to krachi airport, fearing hijack, to escape forced landing in some remote place.Senior pilot has also clarified blows were exchanged and all fighting took place outside cockpit in galley of airbus.Aircraft flew unmanned for some time, over Pak,when all this was happening.

Can black box or some other device could have recorded happenings inside and outside cockpit.

BTW: I do not think they serve dosas on international flights and Is karachi good place to look for some.

Nick-H · Oct 4th, 2009, 15:45

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Scapegoat

In that case, I put my money on it being the female crew member who gets the shove.

cityMONK · Oct 4th, 2009, 15:52

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Originally Posted by Nick-H

In that case, I put my money on it being the female crew member who gets the shove.

Why not the co-pilot who came to aid of his senior, leaving cockpit unmanned.

Eastern Mind · Oct 4th, 2009, 19:15

Movie title: The cock fight in the cockpit. (Men and testosterone over India) Why is the little room at the front of the plane even called a cockpit?

Darn good thing for automatic pilot.

At least the people up in first class got real entertainment, not some boring old movie they'd seen before.

Nick-H · Oct 4th, 2009, 19:20

I read that as Toblerone for a minute.

That would have been worth fighting over

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Darn good thing for automatic pilot.

Oh, Otto, you mean. I wonder if one of the crew had to re-inflate him afterwards!

cityMONK · Oct 4th, 2009, 19:25

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Originally Posted by Eastern Mind

Movie title: The cock fight in the cockpit. (Men and testosterone over India)

over Pakistan

Eastern Mind · Oct 4th, 2009, 20:30

Nick: Snippets of your childhood give clues to the way you are today. "Ahhh ... those blonde Scandinavian girls, if only I could swim across the North sea. Maybe I could steal a boat. Sweden's beach's buxom babes beckon."

Reminds me of: Once upon a time I worked in a bar in a military town in jolly Canada. The British Airborne regiment came to embark on an exercise a couple of days before the Canadian Airborne were to leave. Both groups ended up in the saloon, about 50 of each. There were 3 (only 3) girls who hung out looking for some action. Only 3 in the town were willing I guess. So here we were: 100 relative hardened guys filled with booze and testosterone, these girls, and stubborn military pride over who is the toughest.

When the melee broke out, the boss's wife and I hid in the large beer cooler.

Nick-H · Oct 4th, 2009, 20:33

A 1950s single-sex British education. I'm still trying to get over it! If I'd been at your military do, I'd probably have been trying to prove who was the most polite

gw5458 · Oct 4th, 2009, 20:45

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Originally Posted by Eastern Mind

Once upon a time I worked in a bar in a military town in jolly Canada.

The 'Sin Bin' by any chance?

Eastern Mind · Oct 4th, 2009, 20:56

Nope. Park hotel, Wainwright,Alberta. Base had a 10 mile range for testing long accurate guns. Poor Brits, they'd fly military transport, to Edmonton, then straight onto buses for the 2.5 hour ride to the base, in a rural Alberta town of about 4000 people. And sometimes that's all they'd get to see of Canada. Kind of like having a refueling stopover in Chennai on the way to Mauritius, and then saying you'd traveled to India.

Nick: I can picture little Nicky in some gawdawful not cute little uniform being looked down on by a large heavy red-faced stern man. "But I was just having a drink from the fountain, Sir."

cityMONK · Oct 5th, 2009, 00:39

what is progress in case any truth which has come out or Air India is still trying to hide facts.

Nick-H · Oct 5th, 2009, 00:53

Facts will now be hidden, whilst official investigation is under way. There is a very good chance that they may never be seen again!

The BBC reports the incident here. Pity, really, that they haven't done on of their "and now for our silly item about those funny people in India" jobs on it, or we'd be able to all turn against the BBC and forget Air India

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Eastern Mind Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 431	Nick: Snippets of your childhood give clues to the way you are today. "Ahhh ... those blonde Scandinavian girls, if only I could swim across the North sea. Maybe I could steal a boat. Sweden's beach's buxom babes beckon." Reminds me of: Once upon a time I worked in a bar in a military town in jolly Canada. The British Airborne regiment came to embark on an exercise a couple of days before the Canadian Airborne were to leave. Both groups ended up in the saloon, about 50 of each. There were 3 (only 3) girls who hung out looking for some action. Only 3 in the town were willing I guess. So here we were: 100 relative hardened guys filled with booze and testosterone, these girls, and stubborn military pride over who is the toughest. When the melee broke out, the boss's wife and I hid in the large beer cooler.

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Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	A 1950s single-sex British education. I'm still trying to get over it! If I'd been at your military do, I'd probably have been trying to prove who was the most polite

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Eastern Mind Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Canada Posts: 431	Nope. Park hotel, Wainwright,Alberta. Base had a 10 mile range for testing long accurate guns. Poor Brits, they'd fly military transport, to Edmonton, then straight onto buses for the 2.5 hour ride to the base, in a rural Alberta town of about 4000 people. And sometimes that's all they'd get to see of Canada. Kind of like having a refueling stopover in Chennai on the way to Mauritius, and then saying you'd traveled to India. Nick: I can picture little Nicky in some gawdawful not cute little uniform being looked down on by a large heavy red-faced stern man. "But I was just having a drink from the fountain, Sir."

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cityMONK Humble Disciple of Supreme Join Date: May 2009 Location: delhi Posts: 800	what is progress in case any truth which has come out or Air India is still trying to hide facts.

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Nick-H This is just a cameo appearance Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 36,213	Facts will now be hidden, whilst official investigation is under way. There is a very good chance that they may never be seen again! The BBC reports the incident here. Pity, really, that they haven't done on of their "and now for our silly item about those funny people in India" jobs on it, or we'd be able to all turn against the BBC and forget Air India