Air India Flight: Panic After Passenger Claims Terrorist

A passenger created panic on-board Air India’s Delhi-Goa flight when he claimed presence of a "terrorist" in the aircraft on Thursday, leading the police to arrest him on landing, a senior officer said.

The officer attached to the Dabolim Airport Police Station stated that the passenger, Zia Ul Haq (30), said to be mentally unsound, was arrested after the flight landed.

The blamed asserted himself to be an official of "Exceptional Cell" and educated travelers about the presence regarding a "fear monger" on-board, making alarm among explorers and giving some on edge minutes to the in-flight AI



staff, he said. 

The man was given over to the air terminal police by the Central Industrial Security Force and the staff of Air India, when the plane arrived at the Dabolim air terminal, the official said.

The police stated that the passenger was mentally unsound and has a history of taking treatment at the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, New Delhi.

He was medically examined at a state-run hospital and later admitted to the Institute of Psychology and Human Behaviour near Panaji after obtaining necessary orders from a local magistrate, they said.