Mumbai: It is not possible to fly on board a passenger aircraft without encountering a good number of no-smoking signs, apart from literature on the ban in lighting up. All of that seems to have escaped the notice of a passenger onboard Jet Airways Muscat-Mumbai flight 9W591 on Tuesday. "The said passenger, a Bangladeshi national, was in his seat when he casually took out a cigarette and a lighter and had just lighted it when the inflight crew, who were alerted by the co-passengers, had it extinguished," said an airline official. The cabin crew did not have any problems dealing with the passenger. "They warned the passenger, who by then had realised that smoking was banned onboard aircraft," the official added. However, the passenger was not unruly and must have been quite shaken by the experience, for he kept on apologising throughout the flight.
It was learnt that the passenger was let off after a warning., after landing.
But the question that remains is how did the passenger manage to sneak in a lighter onboard the aircraft. "It seems to be a lapse on part of security personnel at Bahrain airport. A lighter is one of the items banned onboard flights. It should have been confiscated at the airport itself," said an aviation security official.
03/10/15 Times of India
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It was learnt that the passenger was let off after a warning., after landing.
But the question that remains is how did the passenger manage to sneak in a lighter onboard the aircraft. "It seems to be a lapse on part of security personnel at Bahrain airport. A lighter is one of the items banned onboard flights. It should have been confiscated at the airport itself," said an aviation security official.
03/10/15 Times of India
