BJP MP Tejasvi Surya allegedly unlocked emergency exit on-board flight

Karnataka By Anusha Ravi Sood January 17, 2023 Read the article

A passenger onboard an Indigo flight unlocked the emergency exit while the aircraft was being readied for takeoff.

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A co-passenger on the flight has alleged that the passenger who unlocked the emergency exit was BJP MP Tejasvi Surya.

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“BJP Tamil Nadu President K Annamalai and BJP MP Tejasvi Surya sat on the first-row emergency exit seats on the right,” said the eyewitness, who was on an aisle seat nearby.

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“MP Tejasvi Surya placed his hand on the lever as if holding a gripping handle of a car and pulled it down. The emergency exit door came undone. The aircraft was already taxiing.”

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“Someone had opened the emergency exit and immediately the crew intervened, and due process was followed,” confirmed sources in Indigo said.

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The BJP MP neither confirmed nor denied the incident. “Details of the passenger cannot be revealed,” official sources from Indigo said.

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More than a month since the incident, neither Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) nor Indigo airlines has made any official statement on the possible air safety violation.

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As per DGCA’s rules reporting of incidents, accidents and investigations are mandatory on all scheduled and non-scheduled flights.

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It is unclear if Indigo had reported the matter to DGCA. “The passenger wrote an apology and the issue was deemed closed,” the source added.

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Similar instances in the past have been dealt with an iron hand. Such passengers have been handed over to authorities or police, or had FIRs filed against them.

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“Had it been a common citizen who did the same mistake, would they be off the hook?” the eyewitness sought to know.

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