New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a man travelling in an IndiGo flight was caught smoking in the aircraft toilet by the cabin crew. The incident was reported on December 25, when the IndiGo flight 6E-947 that was going from Ahmedabad to Goa on Christmas day. A strong odour of cigarette smoke came from the toilet on board following which the cabin crew questioned the man. Smoking is not allowed in domestic flights under India's air safety rules.

Later the cabin crew alerted the flight captain and told the passenger about the policy that bans smoking in planes, reported ANI.

After the flight landed at Goa, the matter was brought to the notice of the local police station. A First Information Report was filed against the passenger, who was then handed over to the Central Industrial Security Force.

Last week, a Vistara flight was delayed by three hours in Delhi after a passenger insisted he wanted to smoke in the plane.