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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UP Cong chief Ajay Rai hospitalised after fainting, stable
Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai was hospitalised here after he fell unconscious due to low sodium levels, party leaders said on Saturday.
They said he was admitted to Medanta Hospital on Friday evening and is stable.
"Ajay Rai was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Lucknow at around 6 pm on Friday after he fell unconscious as his sodium levels had dropped. He fell unconscious at his residence in Lucknow. For the entire day, he was engaged in party programmes and had also gone to the airport," Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesperson Anshu Awasthi told PTI.
Congress in-charge of Uttar Pradesh Avinash Pande told PTI, "Now, he (Ajay Rai) is stable and I am also reaching Lucknow."
Medanta Hospital Director Dr Rakesh Kapoor told PTI that Rai collapsed at his home on Friday evening and was subsequently admitted to the hospital's emergency ward.
Medical examinations revealed that Rai was suffering from a sodium deficiency and elevated blood pressure. Doctors administered immediate treatment and he is doing significantly better now, Kapoor said.
A team of doctors is monitoring his health. Rai is conversing with others and his condition is stable, he added.
In a post on X late Friday night, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished Rai a speedy recovery.
Rai hails from Varanasi and had contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections against Modi from the parliamentary constituency. The Congress appointed him as the Uttar Pradesh unit chief in 2023.
