Phuket-Mumbai Panic: Passenger Arrested at Mumbai Airport for Smoking on Flight

A 25-year-old passenger was arrested at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai after he was found smoking in the lavatory of a flight, police said on Saturday, September 27. The incident caused panic inside the aircraft when passengers noticed smoke coming from the lavatory during the Phuket-Mumbai flight on Friday (September 26) night.

Bhavya Gautam Jain, a resident of Napeansea Road in south Mumbai, was taken into custody on his arrival at the airport, an offical told the news agency PTI.

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Jain allegedly lit a cigarette inside the plane’s lavatory, the official said, adding that he was arrested under relevant sections of the Aircraft Act. Smoking is strictly prohibited on all passenger flights under the country’s aviation rules.