00:00And now we bring you news of a moment of alarm on Air India Express flight.
00:05Now what happened was that a flyer tried to approach the cockpit entry area
00:10and the flyer pressed the cockpit door security code
00:14and that sent an alarm across within the crew over there.
00:19Now the passenger is being questioned by the airport security.
00:23Now this happened during the Bengaluru Varanasi Air India Express flight.
00:28Now Air India Express says that they actually, this passenger was looking for a lavatory
00:36and he approached the cockpit entry area while looking for it.
00:40And they have reaffirmed that robust security and security protocols are in place
00:45and they are not, nothing was compromised.
00:49So this matter according to them was reported to the relevant authorities on landing
00:54and as we just told you, it is currently under investigation
00:57as the passenger is being interrogated by the airport security.
01:03So this was when an alarm went off for the crew
01:08when a man, a passenger approached the cockpit
01:13and tried to press the security code lock on the cockpit entry.
01:17And apparently he was looking for the lavatory but he went towards the cockpit.
01:23Remember it is illegal, you are not allowed to enter the cockpit.
01:27Joining us now is India Today's Shivani Sharma.
01:31Shivani, do tell us what happened and what is the action being taken against the passenger?
01:36Anjali, the initial report suggests that this was a group of nine passengers
01:41and one of them was the first-time flyer.
01:43He inadvertently tried to look, get inside the cockpit.
01:48He pressed the security code out there.
01:49Afterwards, the pilot raised an alarm.
01:52He informed the ATC and as soon as the flight landed in Varanasi,
01:56the CRPF and the local police authorities,
01:58they took these nine passengers for interrogation.
02:02And what the passenger has told that he was not aware that this is the cockpit,
02:06this is the way to the cockpit.
02:07He was looking for a lavatory out there.
02:11The Air India Express spokesperson also informed that...
02:13Right, right.
02:19That was Shivani.
02:20She was telling us that it was a first-time flyer who made this mistake
02:24and instead of looking for the door of the lavatory,
02:27while looking for it, he pressed the buttons on the cockpit door.
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