Overview
- The incident occurred on Friday on a Dubai–Hyderabad Air India flight, where the crew alleged the passenger touched a female attendant while she was on duty.
- Cabin crew reported that the man, a software employee in his 30s from Kerala, appeared to be intoxicated during the flight.
- After landing, staff searching the passenger’s seat for a misplaced passport found a handwritten note with obscene and abusive remarks directed at crew members.
- RGI Airport police arrested the accused, registered a case under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and a local court sent him to judicial remand.
- Coverage references DGCA rules that require initial reporting of unruly passenger incidents within 12 hours and a detailed written report within 24 hours.