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Passenger is removed from an Indian flight after trying to charge his phone in the cockpit

A passenger has kicked off an Indian flight after he tried to access the cockpit to charge his phone, the airline said Wednesday.
The incident took place as an IndiGo flight was preparing to take off from Mumbai for Kolkata on Monday.
‘While an IndiGo aircraft being on the ground an unruly passenger tried to enter the cockpit stating that his mobile needs to be charged,’ IndiGo said in a statement.
‘Following standard operating procedures the captain… initiated the offloading of the passenger on grounds ofsecurity violation,’ the airline added.
An airport official told the Press Trust of India news agency that the man, said to be in his mid-thirties, was drunk.
Police questioned and then released him without charge, the official added.

Source: Daily Mail

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