Indian Carrier in Hot Water Over An In flight Video

Thursday, 20th March 2014 at 10:28am

The sing and dance routine was performed by crew members aboard five of the domestic flights during the annual celebration of Holi, an ancient religious Hindu festival which is usually held in spring.

The in-flight entertainment, which was meant to surprise the passengers on board, has caught the aviation regulator by surprise instead. The live entertainment was recorded on video and uploaded to the video-sharing website by one of the passengers. The 2 and 1/2 minute video quickly spread across the web like the proverbial wildfire and naturally caught the aviation regulator's attention.

The festival is an annual celebration among Hindus in India wherein revelers involve in free-for-all festivities where they either splash each other with colored water or sprinkle with dry colored powder.

The Director General of Civil Aviation, however, didn't find any entertainment value from the airline's publicity stunt. The sing-and-dance number might cost the airline's license if the DGCA office finds serious violation of the aviation regulatory standards.

It was earlier reported that the airline has already suspended the co-pilot who was obviously seen enjoying the performance, even filming himself along with the performing crew.

A spokeswoman, however, clarified that the plane or the passengers were never put at risk at any moment during the entire leg of the flights. At least a pilot and a crew member were stationed in the cockpit during the performance.

But the DGCA was not convinced by the airline's defense saying that the performance could have spawned chaos inside the aircraft.

The airline spokeswoman made it clear that all its crew went through a series of dance training by a professional choreographer.

In 2010, a Philippine-based budget carrier, Cebu Pacific, landed on major news headlines when its flight crew surprised its passengers with their dance number performing the safety instructions on board.

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