Pune:
When pilots of the flight with ex-Maharashtra minister Tanaji Sawant's son and his two friends were asked to return to Pune to Pune, they thought it was a “hoax” message, but kept up after verification of the aviation authorities, said, said An airline on Wednesday.
The chartered flight, operated by a private enterprise, with Rishiraj Sawant (32) and his two friends returned to Pune airport on Monday between 8 p.m. and 8.30 p.m., so he abruptly had a trip to the capital of Thailand, which was not announced To the Shiv Sena leader and his family.
The decision to distract the aircraft in the air to Pune was only taken after the necessary verification, it insisted that the executive power of the company that operated the airline.
In a dramatic turn of events, Rishiraj Sawant and his two friends, on their way to Bangkok, were hurriedly reduced to Pune after the police had registered after an anonymous call and intervention from his father Tanaji Sawant.
“When we received the first call (from family members) in which we asked for the flight to turn around, we didn't believe it. We can't believe these types of phone calls because they can be hoax. But after the necessary verification from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and DGCA and knowing that it related to a kidnapping case investigated by the police was the decision to turn the flight and return to Pune, “said the executive power of the airline.
He said that Civil Aviation Regulator DGCA appreciated his company for the decision to remember the flight halfway.
The executing power claimed that it might be the first copy in which a flight was recalled halfway, stating the registration of a criminal case against a passenger.
“Such things only happen in the case of a kind of emergency situation, such as a medical or technical emergency,” he said.
When the flight was asked to return to Pune airport, it flew over Port Blair (Sri Vijaya Puram) on the UT of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and the trio was not informed about the detour around Ruckus or Arguments With the pilots and crew to avoid with the pilots and crew members, the executive power explained.
“The screen for passengers with cards and navigation was already eliminated and they did not have their plane returned to Pune without their knowledge. They were relaxing after food.
“After they were touched at Pune International Airport, the passenger (Rushiraj) and the two others were surprised and asked the pilots angry. The pilot-in-command told them they just followed instructions,” he said.
“As soon as the flight at Pune airport was touched, CISF staff quickly entered and supervised the plane,” according to the director.
The flight operator received a few phone calls from the DGCA and provided all the necessary information, he said, adding: “We explained everything to them and presented the SOPs that were followed.” It all started after the Pune police had received an anonymous call at around 4 p.m.
The police quickly registered a kidnapping case when in panic Tanaji Sawant to the police commissioner's office hurried for help.
Studies showed that Rishiraj Sawant, together with his two friends, had booked a chartered plane for Bangkok without informing his family, according to the police.
Rishiraj Sawant later told the police that he held his “business trip” to the capital of Thailand to avoid the wrath of his family.
In the meantime, local leaders of the SHIV Sena opposition (UBT) approached the police station of Sinhgad Road, where the kidnapper of the kidnapping was registered, and alleged former minister Tanaji Sawant abused the police machines to bring his son back.
They doubted the urgency of the police when submitting a kidnapping case after a phone call from an anonymous person.
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