You must have heard a lot of news about misbehavior of passengers inside the plane. In recent days, such news has been in the headlines a lot. But what if the pilot himself indulges in misbehavior and that too with his fellow pilot… Something similar has happened in SriLankan Airlines. Here two pilots deployed in a flight clashed with each other. Their fight escalated so much that the captain threw his lady co-pilot out of the cockpit. The airline has suspended the captain in this matter and investigation into the matter is ongoing.
The incident occurred on September 21, 2024, on a SriLankan flight flying from Sydney, Australia to Colombo, Sri Lanka. During this 10-hour journey on the Airbus A330, the woman got up from her seat to go to the washroom in the co-pilot cabin. This made the pilots angry.
Why did the altercation happen?
Actually, the woman pilot had not asked any other attendant to come to the cockpit in her place before going to the washroom, whereas leaving a pilot alone in the cockpit is a violation of ‘Standard Operating Procedures’ i.e. SOP. There was an altercation between the two pilots on this matter, after which the female pilot got up and went to the washroom.
When she returned from the washroom, she found the cockpit door closed. The argument between the two pilots continued and the matter escalated so much that other crew members of the flight also came to know. A senior flight attendant had to talk to the pilot through the intercom system to convince him to open the door and allow the co-pilot to return to his seat.
After this the flight somehow landed safely in Colombo. 297 passengers could board this flight. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of Sri Lanka has started investigating the matter. SriLankan Airlines said in a statement, ‘The airline is fully cooperating with the authorities. The Captain has been grounded until the investigation is completed.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: October 15, 2024, 22:02 IST
