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An Air India flight from New Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram from here carrying 158 passengers including some Members of Parliament (MPs) and bureaucrats onboard was delayed by two hours after a fight broke out between two cabin crew members inside the cabin. (PTI)
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(PTI)
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"We have suspended the two cabin crew members for delaying the flight. We will not tolerate any indiscipline at the airline," Air India Chairman and Managing Director Ashwani Lohani said here tonight. The airline deeply regrets the inconvenience caused to its passengers, he added. (Reuters)
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According to sources, initially it was an argument over some personal issue between a junior cabin crew and the second senior cabin crew, which later turned into a full scale scuffle. (Reuters)
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Government has allayed apprehensions that the already strained finances of Air India might see further pressure following reduced allocation of funds for the carrier in Budget 2016 and said it is committed to infuse more equity based on the requirement. The government has pegged Air India's losses at Rs 3529.80 crore for this fiscal, down from a net loss of Rs 5,859.91 crore in FY 15. However, its debt burden stood at Rs 51,367.07 crore in the financial year ended March 2015. (Reuters)