IndiGo passenger’s contact with exit cover triggers alarm

Police registered a case against passenger Gaurav Satyendra Routela after he touched the emergency-exit lever cover on an IndiGo flight from Delhi to Pune, triggering an onboard alarm, officials said. The incident occurred shortly after flight 6E6884 took off on Monday, November 2. The aircraft landed in Pune at about 2 a.m., after departing Delhi at about 12:45 a.m., according to Senior Inspector Govind Pawar of the Airport Police Station. Pawar said Routela told police during questioning that he touched the cover out of curiosity and did not know it was connected to the emergency exit. The explanation is attributed to police; the reports do not provide an independent account from Routela or the flight crew. Police said the alarm sounded when he touched the cover and that the incident caused concern among passengers. A crew member’s complaint led police to register a case against Routela under Section 125 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which concerns acts done rashly or negligently that endanger human life or the personal safety of others. Police also invoked provisions of the Aircraft Act and served him a notice under Section 353 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,...