According to Indigo Airlines, from which the actors were offloaded, the 6E-314 flight from Kochi to Hyderabad, scheduled to depart at 1300 hours, had to abort the take-off and was taken on the bay as some passengers started misbehaving with the crew.
As a result, the Captain had to request the security staff to offload the 30 passengers, along with their baggage, the airlines said in a statement.
The flight took off from Kochi at 1433 hrs and landed at Hyderabad at 1544 hrs.
"Customer satisfaction is core to our business; however, any untoward conduct, which compromises on the security of our crew and passengers is of serious concern to us. We regret the inconvenience caused to other passengers, and hope to provide the best hassle free travel experience on board IndiGo," the airlines said.
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In the wake of the incident, all the team members, including actor Bineesh Kodiyeri, son of CPI(M) Politburo member Kodieryi Balakrishnan, were asked to disembark.
The team was on its way to Hyderabad to participate in the first semi-finals against Bhojpuri Dabangs tomorrow.
The team is owned by Malayalam superstar Mohanlal and Lissy, wife of ace Bollywood director Priyadarshan.
Meanwhile, actor Edavela Babu, who was also in the flight, filed a complaint to Nedumbassery police stating that they had been wrongfully removed from the flight and they had not done anything wrong.