A passenger on Dubai-Mumbai SpiceJet flight was caught smoking an e-cigarette by the cabin crew on Saturday. A senior cabin crew member detected the cigarette smell on the passenger, who quickly confessed that he had been smoking mid-air. He was later booked by the Sahar police for the irresponsible act on board.
SpiceJet Passenger Caught Smoking In Plane’s Lavatory
According to Hindustan Times, a passenger travelling on SpiceJet’s Dubai-Mumbai flight was booked for smoking an e-cigarette inside the aircraft’s lavatory. The flight left from Dubai on Saturday, around 10 PM. While the flight was mid-air, a senior cabin crew member approached the passenger, identified Mortaza Razaali Khan, and detected the smell of cigarette smoke near him. When asked, the passenger admitted that he had been smoking an e-cigarette in the lavatory at the rear end of the aircraft.
His e-cigarette was then confiscated and the pilot and airport authorities were informed about the same, as per protocols. Reports suggest that SpiceJet airlines security informed the concerned authorities about the incident around 11.06 PM on Saturday.
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Case Registered Against The Man
As per reports, the Sahar police booked the passenger for smoking an e-cigarette on SpiceJet flight from Dubai to Mumbai. He has been charged under section 125, which applied for acts that endanger the life or personal safety of others, of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, 2023. He was also booked under section 25, which says no person shall smoke in any part of an aircraft or in its vicinity in which a notice is displayed indicating that smoking is prohibited, of the Aircraft Rules of India, 1937.
More details on this case are awaited.
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