Passenger tries to enter Air India flight cockpit, detained
New Delhi/Milan, Aug 4 : National carrier Air India on Saturday said that its Milan-Delhi flight earlier this week had to return to the Italian city after a passenger tried to enter the cockpit.
The incident occurred on Thursday morning. According to the airline, the flight was ferrying over 250 passengers and crew members.
"A passenger tried to enter the cockpit after take-off from Milan during the early morning hours on Thursday," an Air India official told IANS in New Delhi on Saturday.
"The reasons for him to do so are unknown. He was handed over to the police."
Later, the airline in a statement said: "AI 138 Milan-Delhi flight delayed by 2 hours 37 minutes as one unruly pax Gurpreet Singh seat no 32C tried to enter the cockpit after take off from Milan on schedule."
"The aircraft landed back and pax was handed over to local police."
As per the statement, the captain of the flight decided to dump fuel to make the aircraft "light enough for its return to land in Milan almost an hour after taking off from there".
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5 schoolchildren among 7 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan
Islamabad (PTI): At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed on Friday in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports.
The blast occurred at 8.35 am near a school at the Civil Hospital Chowk of the Mastung district of the province, Dawn newspaper reported.
“It appears that an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile,” Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai was quoted as saying in the report.
“So far, seven individuals have been killed, including five school students,” Bazai said. At least 22 people were injured in the attack.
Most of those injured were schoolchildren, Geo News reported, adding that they were shifted to a nearby hospital.
A police van and several auto-rickshaws were damaged in the explosion, according to the report.
An emergency was declared across all Quetta hospitals after the blast, the report said quoting the provincial health department spokesperson, adding that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff were summoned.
