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Air India crew member detained in Jeddah for allegedly smuggling gold

  •   Fri, Jun 05 2015 08:52:47 AM

New Delhi, Jun 5 (PTI): A cabin crew member of an Air India flight was detained by the Jeddah Airport authorities on charges of smuggling out gold.

The detained cabin crew was to board the flight bound for Kochi, along with 11 other crew members, sources said here tonight.

The incident which happened this morning forced Air India to operate the flight with 11 cabin crew members instead of mandatory 12, the sources added.

There was no official word from Air India.

An Air India spokesperson later confirmed the detention of one of its cabin crew members but said that the reason was yet to be known.

"The cabin crew is still in detention. We are ascertaining the reason behind his detention," the spokesperson said, adding that the airline will take suitable action in this regard.
  

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  • m.hussain, mangalore

    Fri, Jun 05 2015

    Congress politicians didn't have their own passengers aircrafts to enjoy the political life. so nationalized TATA owned private airline company. Their mistake was corrected by the then central Govt. headed by VP singh under Janatha dal govt. in 1991

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  • yogesh, mumbai

    Fri, Jun 05 2015

    Air india -> gold to india

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/B'lore

    Fri, Jun 05 2015

    Air staffs involving in smuggling is on the increase which is a bad development and the department need to take strict action to stop this irregularity.

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  • abdulla, india

    Fri, Jun 05 2015

    Joke!
    From the time that AIRINDIA was snatched from the hands of TATAS..
    Air India is chaos: Bindaas. who cares..govt: who can sack us ..we have Union to support us..?was the attitude..
    Every staff by and large has been conduits as they have hand in glove with customs.so smuggling was like part of life and business as usual.
    If you walk into the homes of every Airindia flying crew and see the wealth they have including bank balance .property which is not proportion to their salary/perks..
    This will answer the questions..
    Smuggling was their main business.
    as they are immune to customs check.and they are hand in Glove NEXUS.
    This is the time to close lock stock and barrel and hand over this back to the TATS for professional management...
    Govt has no business to stay in business.
    There are more daunting tasks and Governance to do than look after AIRINDIA .AND GUYS LIKE PRAFUL PATEL AND CO..
    ordering expensive Boeing Aircraft's and keep his margin of commissions.?
    this practice is prevalent in even defense and all other ministry's..make money.BINDAAS..
    time for DULAI or Swatcha Bharath..
    time for citizens to come out join kejriwal like AAP movement to keep control on individuals who LOOT..CHEAT ..CORRUPT..Simply LYNCH them in public.
    get rid of corruption and every bad elements..corroding the system and peace loving honest society..

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  • Sanjog, Nitte

    Fri, Jun 05 2015

    Wrong place to smuggle the gold.. even though knows very well harsh punishment is apply.

    For small profit utilising service provided to them. Will also sack from the job immediately.

    Difficult now a days to obtain job in airlines even to licensed pilot.
    If given all facilities why go for small benefit.

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  • Bryan, Bahrain

    Fri, Jun 05 2015

    And where was the gold hidden?

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