A drunk 24-year old passenger on board Air India Flight 2336 from Delhi to Bangkok urinated on another customer seated directly in front of him in business class on Thursday.
The victim is the Managing Director of Bridgestone India, who ensconced in bulkhead seat 1D and was asleep at the time. The perpetrator had consumed two glasses of whisky, and during the aircraft’s descent into Thailand stood up, unzipped, and let loose.
Crew members provided towels and apparently even a change of clothes to the man. Another passenger demanded the perp get sent to coach – and he was relegated to economy for landing.
The drenched man initially didn’t want to press charges. He just wanted to leave, shower, and make it to meetings. However he did finally lodge a formal complaint with the airline, arguing that the carrier should have better screened an obviously intoxicated passenger prior to before boarding. He demands,
- Consequences for the urinator
- Written apology from Air India.
- Measures to prevent similar incidents in the future
- Compensation
The urinator has been banned from Air India for 30 days. According to Air India,
The crew followed all laid down procedures, and the matter has been reported to the authorities. In addition to warning the unruly passenger, our crew offered to assist an aggrieved passenger to take up a grievance with authorities in Bangkok, which was declined at the time
Air India has had its share of similar incidents with a woman in business class urinated on and then it happening again a mere 10 days later, but these famous incidents are now two years old and we’ve seen numerous intervening examples on other carriers (especially American Airlines) in the interim.
A 30-day ban? That’s it? In other words, nothing. I can understand no criminal charges if the victim doesn’t want to pursue it, but there’s no reason an airline can’t permanently ban a man WHO URINATES ON OTHER PASSENGERS from flying. It’s just another example of an airline tolerating bad behavior from one customer and in effect insulting many others.
The Human Race, outrageous, preposterous, utterly ridiculous.
At least it isn’t asparagus season.
Talk about getting pissed on….
A 30 day ban? Sort of a light sentence.
Hey Gary, you need to have a talk with the IT for whoever handles your comment section. Clearly, I am not the only person who has seemingly random inoffensive posts flagged for moderation that in fact just disappear.
Unless of course there **is** something offensive and you delete it, but man, I’m losing posts that are waaaay less offensive than others that get through.
Thanks.
30 days for pissing on someone? Hardly seems adequate.
30 days? That does seem like a light sentence. And how big were these whiskeys? I’m not a drinker but it doesn’t seem like one should get so drunk they are pissing on other people with 2 drinks.
This has happened before on Air India (I googled and saw at least one other from a major bank executive doing this). What is it about male passengers in business class on Air India that they feel compelled to frequently urinate on other passengers? Candidly, is there some type of cultural issue with dominance that they feel the need to do this? Being banned for 30 days is a joke. If someone did this on a US carrier, they would be banned for life and arrested. What does it appear that Air India international flights would be worthy of a sitcom – with your prior posts about passengers being told business class seats are “broken” just so their staff could use them and even had a pre-printed form to give since it was likely customary? Personally, I would not feel comfortable flying this airline.
30 days is not acceptable. The guy should be banned for minimum of year and should be fined at least $500. There must be consequences for this stuff will not stop. We all have learned that without consequences ther is no hope.
Is Air India competing with PIA for worst airline in the world?
This is funny !
Not sure how you can top this ?
shiiitttt !!!
When will Air India start promoting golden showers in business class? Seriously, regular showers have been a success on Emirates and Etihad…
@Shiva G — I see what you did there. Bah!
@sullyofdoha — Since it is your namesake, it’s ironic that Qatar did not attempt the shower feature on its a380. I mean, other operators didn’t either, like BA, LH, QF, etc., but QR is one of, if not ‘the’ current top Middle East luxury airline. At least QR brought back the caviar course and Arabian coffee service to business class on select long-haul flights. I forget if you are a fan or an opponent of QR. I’ve had good experiences, but then again, it can be very different as a passenger than as a crew member or as a local if not in a good spot of their ‘hierarchy’ in that society. They kinda do have a caste system, which isn’t ‘great’ for those who may be (figuratively?) trapped.
@1990. I am a ‘critical’ ? fan of QR. The service online is great most of the time. However, I cringe when locals (khaliji) act like fools and abuse the crew. That’s the time when I wish for these people to try the same stunts on a flight in the USA. As for the shower issue, QR was already moving away from first class even when they incorporated the a380 into the fleet. AL Baker saw little need for the frill when there was an emphasis on J going forward. That being said, they did put on the best sky bar in the industry!
Why does this only happen on Air India lol? Why never Air Asia, United, Emirates, Qatar, or any other carriers flying to/from India?