The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is conducting an inquiry against a Jet Airways pilot accused of slapping a woman commander mid-air and then leaving the cockpit unmanned on a London-Mumbai flight on Monday.
The incident took place on a Boeing 777 (flight 9W 119) when it was about an hour from touchdown in Mumbai. According to reports, the woman commander walked out of the cockpit in tears after she was slapped by her colleague (also a senior pilot) after an argument. The co-pilot, too, walked out of the cockpit, leaving it unattended, and tried to drag her back. The cabin