BJP’s Tejasvi Surya opened emergency exit of IndiGo flight; let off with apology letter: Sources

Bangalore, 18/1: In an action that could have severely compromised the safety of passengers, Bangalore South MP and BJP Yuva Morcha chief, Tejasvi Surya, is said to have opened the emergency exit of the Chennai-Tiruchirapalli passenger flight operated by budget airline IndiGo on December 10 as the aircraft was being readied for take-off.

 

Surya, who was travelling to Tiruchirapalli for the executive meeting of Tamil Nadu BJYM from Chennai along with state BJP chief K Annamalai, was allowed to board the same aircraft after an “apology letter”, leading to questions whether IndiGo and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) followed the rule book which says opening the emergency door is a “punishable offence.”

 

Aviation experts also sought to know how a passenger, who compromised the safety of others, was let off without any action and why it took over a month for authorities concerned to come public on the incident. They also recalled that people who had opened the emergency exits in the past had been booked by law enforcing authorities.