India: Emergency exit door opened by passenger on flight, DGCA orders investigation

• The Directorate General of Civil Aviation requested an investigation.
• A passenger on an Indigo flight unlocked the emergency exit gate.
• Soon after the pressurization checks, the airplane took off.

On December 10, 2022, a passenger on an Indigo flight scared and alarmed other passengers when he unlocked the emergency door. The aircraft was flying from Chennai to Trivandrum at the time.

After a passenger on an Indigo flight unlocked the emergency exit gate, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation requested an investigation.

The DGCA is looking into the situation, according to a senior official.

“On December 10, an incident occurred on board Indigo flight 6E-7339 between Chennai and Trivandrum. A passenger on IndiGo 6E flight 6E-7339 from Chennai to Trivandrum opened an emergency door. Soon after the pressurization checks, the airplane took off. Passengers were shaken up by the incident, but the aircraft continued following a safety check “the DGCA spokesman said.

Prior to this, on November 26, 2016, a guy by the name of Shankar Mishra is accused of peeing on a 70-year-old woman when she was intoxicated in business class on an Air India aircraft.

In response to a complaint made by the woman to Air India under sections 354, 509, and 510 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 23 of the Indian Aircraft Act, Delhi Police had filed a First Information Report (FIR) against him on January 4. The victim and the accused are both from locations other than Delhi.

The American financial services firm Wells Fargo also let Shankar Mishra leave.

Shankar Mishra said in his bail appeal that he will help with the police going forward and in whatever way possible during the inquiry.

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