PIA Pilot assaulted by steward at Bahrain airport
A member of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight crew has been accused of physically assaulting one of the airline’s pilots while their aircraft was in transit at Bahrain Airport.
Both PIA and Bahrain authorities have launched an inquiry into the incident, which was reported in Karachi-based tabloid The International News.
A copy of the pilot’s statement was obtained by the newspaper, with claims that he was “showered with punches after a barrage of verbal abuses” when the PIA flight PK-289 was at Bahrain Airport on 13th February.
The incident was apparently fuelled by a disagreement over problems with the cockpit door operation. The accused was eventually offloaded at Bahrain Airport by the station manager, after which the flight was dispatched to Lahore.
“This sudden unprovoked physical and verbal assault threw me in a shock initially as I was sitting on my seat and not expecting such a rash act of criminal assault on me,” stated the pilot, Captain Shahab Anees.
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