Video: Chaos on SpiceJet flight as AC goes off, two flyers try to enter cockpit - video Dailymotion

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A SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Mumbai was delayed after two unruly passengers attempted to forcefully approach the cockpit while the aircraft was taxiing. The passengers were allegedly angry over the air conditioner not working.

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00:00I have a big breaking news coming in about an air scare on board a SpiceJet aircraft.

00:04What exactly happened? Look at that.

00:06Unruly SpiceJet flyers have been arrested by the CISF.

00:10Two flyers tried to force their way into the cockpit.

00:13This is against security. This can endanger the safety of the passengers.

00:17Both passengers were eventually handed over to the CISF.

00:20That's responsible for security.

00:21I'm going to quote from the SpiceJet statement.

00:2414th July, two unruly passengers were offloaded from the SpiceJet flight.

00:28SG-9282, this is Delhi to Mumbai.

00:32Two attempted to forcefully approach the cockpit.

00:35Caused a disruption while the aircraft was taxing.

00:38So it was on the ground.

00:39However, you cannot simply enter into the cockpit area.

00:44Now this is what we are told according to the statement.

00:46I add here, despite repeated requests by the cabin crew, fellow passengers and the captain,

00:51they refused to return to their seats.

00:55And for the safety of the passengers, the captain decided

00:58that it will return the aircraft to the bay.

01:01Passengers were offloaded, handed over to the CISF.

01:03Let's just listen in first to that video that appears one passenger has captured.

01:08You cannot stop a plane like this.

01:11This is illegal.

01:12You cannot stop a plane.

01:17You can't stop a plane.

01:18Listen, we call CISF.

01:23Yeah, call CISF.

01:24This is illegal what they're doing.

01:26You make sure they fucking get down.

01:30Can gather from the video that even the passengers are angry.

01:43Let's get some clarity on this.

01:45My colleague Nagarjun Dwarkanaat is joining me for the lead test on that.

01:49Also, Amit Bhardwaj is joining me.

01:51Amit, what are you hearing?

01:53What exactly happened?

01:54I can understand there's complete commotion and not just from the pilots and the crew.

01:57Well, Pooja, you know, it seems to be some kind of eek,

02:02missy passengers over possibly the delay in the craft and AC not working.

02:09But what unfolded next was, you know, something that triggered action by the SpiceJet crew

02:16because SpiceJet has very clearly mentioned that these two passengers were not only unruly,

02:23but they also tried to forcibly, you know, approach the cockpit,

02:27something which is completely off-bound for any of the passengers on the craft

02:32and more so because of the heightened safety regime right now.

02:37In any case, you cannot approach the cockpit.

02:39So what we are given to understand that these two passengers were unruly,

02:44forcibly tried to approach the cockpit.

02:46They were, you know, the pilot and the crew tried to make them understand the position

02:52that they cannot carry on with their, you know, approach.

02:56However, when they refused to do so, the pilot took the craft to the bay,

03:01after which these two passengers, unruly passengers, were not only off-loaded,

03:06but they were also handed to the CISF for the further legal action to be taken.

03:12Back to you.

03:12So, Amit, as we stay on with this visual, I want the viewer to let's listen in again

03:19to what exactly happened on board the aircraft.

03:24So, it clearly, what I can gather, what happened in the video was,

03:29even the passengers said, you cannot stop the plane, you cannot behave like this

03:35and we will also ensure that you're also, there is clearly a certain confrontation among passengers,

03:40but Amit, what you're telling us is, they were eventually off-loaded and arrested.

03:45So, this was, I gather, not in Mumbai, where the landing had happened, of the taxing,

03:52but when the flight was taking off in itself.

03:55Yes, yes, in Delhi, Pooja.

03:57So, this was Delhi to Mumbai flight of yesterday, July 14th.

04:02And this is when the unruly passengers, because of their behavior, in fact, if you go through the viral videos,

04:09the other passengers who were on board were also sort of trying to stop them,

04:16were objecting to their unruly behavior and were saying that what these two unruly passengers were doing

04:22was completely illegal and they must be, you know, restrained.

04:27And that was eventually done.

04:29The pilot took the flight to the bay, where both of these unruly passengers, as per SOP,

04:35were off-loaded and handed over to the CISF, too, in order to initiate further legal action.

04:42And, you know, what kind of legal action is being taken right now, that remains unclear,

04:46but it is pretty clear that the crew and the pilot, you know, acted as per the SOP,

04:51because the approach, there was an attempt to possibly approach the cockpit,

04:56which cannot be allowed in any circumstance.

04:59And that's when the entire process of off-loading them and handing over to the CISF was initiated.

05:05Back to you.

05:07Amit, stay on with me.

05:08I'm again quoting, for the benefit of the viewer, what the Spicejet has said.

05:12And we'll try and get a word and more clarity on this.

05:15July 14th, two unruly passengers were off-loaded from the Spicejet flight SG-9282,

05:20operating Delhi to Mumbai.

05:22The two attempted to forcefully approach the cockpit, caused a disruption.

05:26And this is despite them being told they need to return to their seats.

05:31This was when the flight was taxing.

05:33Let's listen in to the video now.

05:35You cannot stop a plane like this.

05:38This is illegal.

05:39Exactly.

05:39You cannot stop a plane.

05:40Exactly.

05:41You can't stop a plane like this.

05:43You can't stop a plane like this.

05:45You can't stop a plane like this.

05:46This is illegal.

05:47Exactly.

05:48You cannot stop a plane.

05:49Exactly.

05:50You can't stop a plane like this.

05:52You can't stop a plane.

05:53You can't stop a plane.

05:54You can't stop a plane like this.

05:55This is illegal.

05:56Exactly.

05:57You cannot stop a plane.

05:59Exactly.

06:00You can't stop a plane.

06:01You cannot stop a plane like this.

06:10This is illegal.

06:12You cannot stop a plane.

06:17Listen, you box the ISM.

06:22I don't know what they are doing.

06:26It is important to understand that taxing specifically of an aircraft needs some stringent security protocols.

06:46You are not even allowed to get up from your seats.

06:48And you can understand there is some confrontation commotion that is happening.

06:52Amit Bhardwaj continues to be with us.

06:54Amit, I realize there is, from what I hear, a woman primarily who either wants to get down,

07:00a man saying you cannot just stop a plane like that.

07:03This could have turned into a serious emergency situation.

07:06Well, absolutely right, Pooja.

07:09In fact, if you put here to the conversation and the objections from the other passengers as well,

07:15they are saying that if you don't want to fly and disrupt the flight, you must be devoted.

07:21These are the words that we can hear in the video as well, which essentially means that other passengers are also, you know,

07:30objecting to the kind of behavior that these two unruly passengers were conducting themselves on the craft.

07:37And the other passengers also were concerned because of their behavior, unruly approach, possible approach towards the cockpit.

07:45And that is when the, as for the SOP, you know, action was taken by the crew and the pilot,

07:52first taking it to a situation where the entire, the stretch does not get, you know, blocked.

07:59So that is why the pilot took the craft to the bay.

08:02And after that, CISF was alerted about the incident, they were offloaded, handed over to the CISF.

08:09So considering the kind of heightened security measures that we are, we already have the regime,

08:15sort of is at the peak of alertness right now, the civil aviation ecosystem.

08:21And at that point in time, this kind of behavior, unruly behavior, even an attempt to approach the cockpit

08:27is something that would trigger the alarm.

08:30Rightly said, Amit, there's already a high alert when it comes to especially our aircraft right now.

08:36And in the backdrop of that such a confrontation, just when a flight is about to take off,

08:40they've been offloaded, arrested by the CISF for now.

08:43We do not know their identities, but it's a reminder that the tempers really need to be kept calm,

08:48at least at a time when you're in the aircraft.

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