An Indian airline said Tuesday it had fired two pilots after reports they fought and both briefly left the cockpit unmanned during a New Year’s Day flight from London to Mumbai. Jet Airways took the step after investigating allegations that a male pilot slapped his female colleague during a heated argument when the plane was mid-air carrying 324 passengers. At one point the male pilot also left the cockpit, leaving the controls briefly unattended, according to local media reports. The two pilots were grounded last week over the altercation, which Jet had described as a “misunderstanding” that was “quickly resolved amicably”. The flight departed London around 1000 GMT on Monday and arrived in India’s financial capital on schedule around nine hours later at midnight local time.

Source: Punch January 09, 2018 10:35 UTC