New Delhi: Amid growing concern across the world over aviation safety, it has come to light that two pilots of an Air India flight were allegedly involved in a fight inside the cockpit just before the plane took off. Its been claimed that the two pilots have been de-rostered.
As per reports, the incident happened inside the AI 611 flight which was preparing to fly for Delhi from Jaipur on Sunday evening.
The co-pilot of the Airbus A-320 took offence and beat up the captain after the latter asked him to write down critical figures that are noted before the take-off.
The flight, however, departed for Delhi after the captain decided to operate the same “in the interest of the airline”, sources said, as per a leading English daily.
The airline, however, brushed aside the incident as a minor argument and ‘nothing more’.
An AI spokesman said that the captain and his deputy had an argument and that they have settled the issue.
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The incident raises serious questions about flight safety, especially in the wake of the Germanwings air disaster in which the ‘suicidal’ co-pilot allegedly crashed the plane deliberately.