A golden shower is never my thing, but certainly not on a longhaul flight to New York courtesy of an inebriated seatmate. One poor woman seated in business class was the recipient of one after a drunk man allegedly urinated on her. To make matters worse, Air India flight attendants failed to hold the man accountable and he walked off the flight without being arrested.
Air India Horror Flight: Drunk Man Urinates On Woman, Crew Let Him Off Plane Without Calling Authorities
Let’s recap what happened, according to The Times of India:
- The alleged incident occurred on November 26, 2022 onboard Air India 777-300ER flight AI102 traveling from New York (JFK) to Delhi (DEL)
- A 70-year-old passenger seated in business class claims that after the meal service, a man “walked to my seat, completely inebriated. He unzipped his pants, relieved himself and continued to expose me to his private parts.”
- The man continued to stand in front of the woman with his trousers pulled down until another passenger stood up and told the man to leave
- The woman found herself, as well as her bag and seat, soaked in urine
- By this time, flight attendants showed up and sprayed the woman’s bag and shoes with disinfectant
- She was also moved to a crew seat, but forced to return to her original seat after an hour
- There were first class seats purportedly open, but she was not offered an upgrade
- A sheet was placed over her seat, but it still reeked of urine
- Flight attendants also gave her pajamas, which she changed into while cleaning up in the lavatory
- Alarmingly, Air India did nothing to punish the man – he walked off the flight without being detained
- A wheelchair was ordered for the woman so that she could be pushed to the front of the passport control line, but that didn’t work (and side note, when everyone is handicapped, no one is handicapped…)
- Only after sending a letter to the Tata Chairman did the woman receive an assurance that Air India has reported the incident to police and regulatory authorities, though it is not even clear what they will do at this point
I don’t care if you just innocently had a can of beer with dinner and that was enough to make you sloshed.
My advice to the woman: a huge civil lawsuit filed in the USA against Air India and the John Doe passenger. I’m sensing themes of negligence here, not to mention a wanton failure to provide a safe and secure environment onboard (remember, we are constantly reminded by flight attendants that “we are primarily here for your safety”). Of course the urination from Prince Charming constituted assault.
It’s a horrible story, but am I the only one who finds the worst part of the story that the crew did not stop this idiot from leaving the plane? Certainly, he should be banned from future Air India flights but he must be held accountable for his actions. There is no other way forward.
CONCLUSION
As if we needed another reason not to fly Air India, a passenger literally pulled down his pants and urinated on a senior citizen in business class on a longhaul flight to New Delhi. I hope the woman can track down the man and hold him (and Air India) accountable for what happened onboard.
(image: stock image from Air India with woman superimposed – not the drunk passenger or actual victim // H/T: One Mile At A Time)
It’s funny how a handful of commenters on your articles are always bashing senior flight attendants from US air carriers for their looks, size, age, etc. I can guarantee that had this man been onboard this senior mama’s flight or any of my senior mama colleagues flights, he would have had to be carried off in handcuffs. The Asian and foreign carriers may have the young, skinny and quiet flight attendants, but US older men/women don’t play around with nonsense like this aboard our flights. Terrible this happened to that woman and no excuse for the flight attendants that did not take care of her properly and cuff the guy to his seat for the rest of the flight.
It’s India, not the rest of the world. I assure you that if this happened on SQ or EK it would have been dealt with properly and is not a justification for your belief that you are exclusive as first responders and power trip nannys on US carriers. Please, do not grow your power trip on the basis of “see, we know what we are doing.” Or justify it as such. You just love any reason to imagine yourselves beyond what you really are. And this is not the place to try and convince us otherwise. You are not so special. And stop believing you are saving the world any more than a Starbucks barista.
You got me on that one Stuart! I couldn’t make a latte with soy milk if it came up and bit me. I’m certainly not on a power trip. I just get tired of all the bashing on flight attendants. Are there some bad ones? YES YES YES!!!! There are also some bad ones in your profession no matter what you do for a living.
What I do for a living is fly around the World and pull out a cup, throw in some ice and pop open a coke. Does that make you happy hearing that? I never do the at home training assignments and I never go to recurrent training because hey, I already know how to pop open a coke. HA! I’ve fortunately never had to fight a fire with any of our several types of extinguishers and only had to wear the protective breathing equipment in training. I’ve only had to deal with less than 10 medical emergencies in my career, of which less than 5 were fatal. I fortunately have only had to evacuate a plane full of people once Stateside many years ago on a runway in pouring rain. The debrief with law enforcement was interesting. Speaking of law enforcement, I’ve only been again, on a handful (less than 5) of flights where the authorities were called once we arrived at the gate. Once was in a foreign country where the police took the American down the side stairs of the jetbridge after physically attacking one of our flight attendants. He was cuffed to his seat until landing and based on the country we were in, I’m glad I wasn’t him. A few minor scuffles have occurred over the years but only 2 stand out in my mind. The time I was boarding handing out pre-departures and a guy boarded and told me to get the F*** out of his way. Needless to say, his seat remained empty. The other time was when we were in the air and a B/C passenger was told there was no steak left. He lost it and told me unless I produce a steak, the plane would be landing immediately. This next statement will age me. After informing the Captain what took place, the Captain left the cockpit and cruised back to B/C. Thought the guy was going to puke. Anyway, never heard a peep the rest of the flight.
Working in the field of customer service is not easy. Not everybody can do it and those that do, not everybody can do it well. I wish some of my colleagues would choose to go work in a broom closet. I’ve encountered poor service from all industries. If you haven’t, then you have been very lucky.
On the subject of being special, actually I am. I have a large group of family and friends that think that as well. I’ve been very blessed in my life surrounded by these people. My family and I have also been very fortunate financially which allows me to work part time at a job I still love. Retirement is any day I choose. So yes, I am special and I know what I am. As far as SQ and EK, I’ve only flown on SQ and they were lovely. India, I’ve been many times. The first time I arrived home I cried when I tried to explain it to my friends. I think too many people take for granted what we truly have in this country including a few young ones in my own family.
Next time you’re on a long haul flight and sitting up front, introduce yourself as Stuart and it just may be me. Have a Great day!
As a flight attendant we request supervisors and police all the time before landing to meet the plane and I would say it’s 50/50 as to whether it happens or not. You actually don’t know what the flight attendants may have tried doing. We certainly have no authority to keep the passenger on board after the door is open, that would be a whole other can of worms.
Maybe because you call them about every little thing. Too many power hungry FAs out there.
@Fathissy…there you go again. I absolutely don’t know anything about your job and you absolutely know nothing about mine. Grow up.
Having flown Air India over 20 times from 2017 to 2020. both short and long haul, I can assure you that their cabin crew are not all “young, skinny and quiet”. In fact, the Air India article immediately preceding this one is all about the company seeking a younger look for its crew. However I have found them generally helpful, courteous and pleasant.
I never witnessed bad behaviour thankfully but I always got the impression that, had it occurred, the crew would deal with it professionally, not disregard it. I can’t help wondering whether the drunk man was a senior government official or indeed a senior Air India official, which might be why they hesitated to act.
Second paragraph last sentence, must be included if the woman sues AI in USA. FA need to be questioned.
Calling the police after someone is sexually assaulted during service definitely falls within my guidelines for “looking after passengers “. I’m sure I already know some of the reasons this crew didn’t summon authorities, being cabin crew myself, but frankly none of those is good enough.
Check out NYPOST today for an update.