Varanasi: There was a major scare on an Akasa Air flight from Varanasi to Mumbai after a passenger attempted to open an emergency exit. Fortunately, the incident occurred while the plane was taxiing towards the runway.

“The incident took place on board flight QP 1497, which was scheduled to depart for Mumbai at 6.45 pm on Monday from Varanasi’s Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport. As the aircraft was taxiing towards the runway, the passenger, Sujit Singh, attempted to open the emergency exit,” an official said. ADVERTISEMENT

Fortunately, a member of the cabin crew was nearby and restrained Singh. Following an alert from the cabin crew, the pilot informed the Air Traffic Control and took the aircraft back to the apron.

“Security personnel got the plane evacuated and took Singh int

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