For risking the lives of passengers and engaging in an embarrassing fight over food while in flight, two pilots have been sacked by their employer – Iraqi Airways.
The flight had 157 passengers plus crew onboard while the show of shame transpired.
The incident occurred on a flight to the capital Baghdad from the Iranian city of Mashhad, with 157 travellers on board plus crew.
“Conversation with the pilot became heated because he forbade an air hostess from bringing me a meal tray, under the pretext that I hadn’t asked him for authorisation,” the co-pilot said in a letter addressed to Iraqi Airways management, seen by AFP.
The letter further stated that after the pilot had taken his own meal, he “hit and insulted (the co-pilot), prompting the arrival of a security agent”.
The ‘flying gladiators’ went on with their quarrel even after safely landing the plane in Baghdad.
“The pilot again hit and insulted” his colleague, the co-pilot said, admitting that he also lashed out: “I had to defend myself.”
AFP has not seen the pilot’s account of the incident and the airline did not detail when the scuffle took place.
“The transport ministry has opened an investigation with the two pilots who argued with each other in-flight,” Iraqi Airways said late Wednesday.
Both have been suspended, the airline said, warning that the two “will not escape the toughest sanctions… such as a lifetime flying ban”.
Via wakkinews.com
The deserve worse than what they got. How can they risk 157 passenger’s life because of just food ehe. May God help us