Passengers threatened to kill me: AI Pilot

According to the FIR lodged with city police, the Air India pilot, Commander Rupali Wagmore, has said in her complaint to police that a passenger even told her he would not hesitate to kill her if anything happened to his six month old child.

Passengers of AI Kochi bound flight from Abu Dhabihad on October 19 protested and some allegedly tried entering the cockpit after it  pilot pressed the flight hijack alarm in panic and diverted the plane to the state capital Thiruvananthapuram airport last week due to poor visibility. Having boarded the previous night passengers alleged it took several hours even to take off from Abu Dhabi.