text: In a bizzare incident, a drunk passenger tried to enter the of a Kolkata-bound plane Monday on the pretext of charging his mobile phone, according to a 
   
   Following the incident, which happened when the aircraft was yet to take off, the "unruly passenger" was offloaded and later taken to police station by the He was let off after questioning. 
   
   An said that while an aircraft was on the ground, an unruly passenger tried to enter the stating that his mobile needs to be charged. 
   
   "Following standard operating procedures the operating 6E-395 flight from to (September 24, 2018) had initiated the offloading of the passenger on grounds of security violation," the said in a statement. 
   
   Passengers are prohibited from entering the of a commercial flight. 
   
   An at airport police station here said the person, who was around 35 years old, was taken to police station but was later let off after questioning. 
   
   "He was drunk and wanted to charge his So he moved towards the cockpit. Police did not find any offence against him to charge a case," the said. ||||| A passenger was removed from an Indian aircraft after trying to enter the cockpit to charge his phone. 
   
   The man, who was drunk according to some reports, attempted to enter the cockpit on 24 September as it prepared to leave Mumbai for Kolkata. 
   
   He was thrown off the flight "on the grounds of a security violation" and handed over to police. 
   
   "While an IndiGo aircraft was on the ground, an unruly passenger tried to enter the cockpit stating that his mobile needs to be charged", an airline spokesperson said. 
   
   Image: A passenger tried to open the exit of a GoAir plane, thinking it was the toilet 
   
   "Following standard operating procedures the captain operating 6E-395 flight from Mumbai to Kolkata initiated the offloading of the passenger on grounds of security violation", they added. 
   
   Local media reports say the man, believed to be about 35, was questioned at a police station and later released without charge. 
   
   In another incident this week, an Indian passenger tried to open a plane door in mid-air, apparently mistaking it for the toilet. 
   
   The man, believed to be a first-time flyer, was on a GoAir flight from New Delhi to Patna on 22 September when he tried to open the plane's rear door, the airline said. 
   
   Another passenger noticed what the man was doing and alerted the plane's crew, according to a GoAir spokesperson. 
   
   0:41 Video: Cabin crew aboard the Jaipur bound flight forgot to pressurise the cabin 
   
   The man was handed over to police after the plane landed safely in Patna. 
   
   It is believed he would not have been able to open the door due to air pressure in the cabin. 
   
   In another incident last week, more than 30 passengers were hospitalised with nose bleeds, headaches and ear pain after crew on a Jaipur-bound flight forgot to pressurise the cabin.
target: – It's a story that forces Business Standard to state the obvious: "Passengers are prohibited from entering the cockpit of a commercial flight." But what's obvious to most apparently wasn't to one man "offloaded" from a plane in India on Monday after police and airline officials say he tried to bust into the cockpit to charge his cellphone, Sky News reports. An IndiGo spokesperson says the "unruly" passenger, who was also believed to be drunk, caused the ruckus as the plane was getting ready to take off from Mumbai on its flight to Calcutta. The man, said to be around 35, was removed from the plane "on the grounds of a security violation," per the airline rep, and was questioned by local police, then released with no charges. Sky notes another problem passenger in India this week, one on a GoAir flight from New Delhi who tried to pull open his plane's rear door, apparently thinking he was entering the lavatory. That man was removed from the plane upon landing in Patna and taken away by police. AFP notes that more people have been flying in India in the past few years due to less-expensive fares and better connection options, leading to more first-time fliers who may be prone to do things like … this.