An airplane moments from touching down on the runway at sunrise.
Pune: The Airport police have registered a case against a passenger for allegedly trying to open the emergency exit door of an IndiGo aircraft flying from Delhi to Pune at 12.30 am on Monday. Earlier reporting noted: Passenger tampers with emergency exit on Pune flight, booked A 33-year-old passenger was booked for allegedly tampering with an aircraft’s emergency exit mechanism aboard an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Pune shortly after take-off on Monday, triggering an alarm and raising safety concerns. Earlier reporting noted: According to Pune airport police, the incident occurred aboard flight 6E6884, which departed Delhi at around 12.45 am on November 2 and landed safely at Pune’s Lohegaon Airport at approximately 2 am.
Interference with such a safety mechanism can endanger the lives of everyone on board, as it could affect the functioning of the emergency exit,” said Govind Jadhav, senior police inspector, Airport police station. The passenger, identified as Gaurav Rawate, a resident of Saswad, was seated near the emergency exit when he tampered with the protective cover of the door lever, triggering the alarm. The alarm went off after he touched it.
Earlier reporting noted: “During questioning, the passenger claimed that he had touched the cover out of curiosity to find out what it was, without realising that it was connected to the emergency exit mechanism.
A similar incident had occurred in 2024,” he said.
Kumar said the suspect, who works in the software industry, lives in Saswad and had visited Delhi. The incident occurred during his return flight, the police said. In the complaint, the airline’s staffer said the suspect’s actions endangered other passengers. An official statement from IndiGo is awaited at the time of going to print, but sources with the airline said the passenger was seated in 19D. The crew saw this on time and told him to stop,” the source said.
It is illegal to tamper with the emergency exit door unless there’s an actual emergency. “This is the second such incident in which a passenger tried to open the emergency door without permission. “We understand the man was trying to open the window shade, but accidentally reached for the emergency door lever. It would have opened the door and deployed the emergency slide. Despite the apparent lack of intent, the flight crew treated him as an unruly passenger and handed him over to the police.