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The man was arrested after the plane landed at the Delhi airport last night. (representative) An Indian traveling from Delhi to New York allegedly urinated on a passenger on an American Airlines flight, sources said today. The accused passenger was considered drunk by airline staff and urinated on the passenger during an argument, according to reports. He was arrested after the plane landed at the Delhi airport last night. The aviation watchdog took appropriate action after receiving a report from the airline, the sources said. The Civil Aeronautics General Directorate will continue to investigate the matter in accordance with its internal procedure, they added.
American Airlines, in a statement, said it faced an "onboard disruption" of a flight to Delhi.
“American Airlines Flight 292 with service from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) was met by local police upon arrival at DEL due to an onboard disruption,” it said.
The American Airlines flight arrived at the Delhi airport at around 9:00 p.m., but had reported the matter to the airport before landing.
The victim passenger filed a formal complaint with the airline, the PTI news agency reported.
However, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Airport) Devesh Kumar Mahla said there were no complaints that someone had urinated on it. "There was no corroborating evidence or complaints made by co-passengers that anyone had urinated on it," he said.
Several incidents of passengers urinating on co-pilots allegedly after consuming alcohol have been reported in recent months. This is at least the second such incident in two months on an American Airlines flight.
An Indian student at an American university, Arya Vohra, was kicked out by American Airlines after allegedly urinating on a passenger in March.
Last November, a drunk man allegedly urinated on an elderly woman in business class on an Air India flight. The incident was reported in January and the defendant was arrested after being banned from flying by the airline for 30 days.
In another similar incident last December, a passenger allegedly urinated on a vacant co-pilot seat on an Air India flight to Delhi from Paris.
