Qatar Airways was made to divert a flight bound for Bali which took off from Doha to offload a woman, her husband and child in Chennai after wife discovered her husband was having an affair.
The woman which was said to be tipsy over the consumption of alcohol refused to calm down despite efforts made by flight attendants to secure the flight safely to Bali. It was reported that the said woman used her husband’s thumb to unlock his phone while he was sleeping and discovered her husband was having an affair.
The pilot had to stop at Chennai to offload the Iranian couple and their child after the unruly behaviour by the woman could not be contained on the flight. Data from FlightRadar24 showed that it was noticed on frequency when the plane was descending just before leaving the east coast of India, which would have likely seen the flight continue across the Indian Ocean onto Denpasar.
FlightRadar24 Showing Data of the flight’s disruption
Reports later revealed that the family were kept in a detention centre as they did not have Indian visas which made them spend the day at Chennai airport and was sent to Kuala Lumpur by a Batik Air flight for further travel to Doha, officials added that no police action was taken but the delay caused Qatar airways 2 hours delay before landing in Bali.
