New Delhi: Low-cost airline Air Deccan filed a case against a passenger when he opened the emergency-exit door of the aircraft, reacting to the diversion of the Delhi-bound plane after over a day's delay due to fog.
Air Deccan has suffered $ 20,000 (around Rs 9 lakh) in damage and explained that the escape slide of the emergency door of the aircraft deflated after the incident.
The airline grounded the aircraft to do the necessary repair works. The airline will now have to replace it with a new one, officials said.
The aircraft had to be brought back to Mumbai as it could not land at Delhi due to poor weather conditions. When passengers were not allowed to deplane, a young passenger was noticed trying to open the emergency door, an airline spokesperson said.
The airlines has registered a case against the pasenger, Dheeraj Malhotra, with the airport police station for damaging its property, the spokesperson said.
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