Unruly flyer 'assaults' senior Air India official onboard Sydney-Delhi flight

An Air India top official, Sandeep Verma, was allegedly assaulted by an unruly passenger on a Sydney-Delhi flight on July 9. Verma, who heads the airline’s inflight services, was booked on business class but with some seats being unserviceable in the aircraft’s front section, had to travel in economy of the flight AI 301. When he asked an unruly co-passenger to behave himself, the latter reportedly slapped him and twisted his hand.