Kingfisher probing woman in cockpit during flight

NEW DELHI - Private carrier Kingfisher said Saturday it was probing how a woman passenger travelled in the cockpit on the Chandigarh-Jammu leg of a Delhi-Srinagar flight.

“We are looking into the matter. We will probe it,” a Kingfisher statement said. This followed a TV news channel airing a video clip of the woman comming out of the cockpit when the plane landed at Jammu June 9.

Khurshid Taju, from Srinagar who was on board the Kingfisher Red IT 4633 flight, said he saw a woman passenger entering the cockpit before the plane took off from Chandigarh and shot the video when she came out, followed by the pilot, Times Now TV said, claiming that Taju had shared the video with the news channel.

Flight safety norms strictly prohibit any passengers inside the cockpit.

Taju said he spoke with a crew member to know about the rules if they allow a passenger inside the cockpit.