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Crew grounded over Sonu Nigam’s mid-air concert

The singer was on a chartered Jet Airways flight from Mumbai to Jodhpur on January 4, when he accepted the request of fellow passengers and crooned on the flight announcement system.

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Remember when a video of Sonu Nigam singing ‘Do Pal Ruka’ from Veer Zara and ‘Panchchi Nadiya’ from Refugee on an air flight went viral? Now all five cabin crew members were suspended from flight duty for inquiry.

The aviation regulatory system has termed the act as a misuse of the in-flight announcement system and is keeping a check on all air hostesses who allow passengers to use the in-flight announcement system.

At one point he said, ” Arrey wah, aap bhi gaatein hain.

Screengrabs taken from video posted on Facebook by MissMalini. Two years back, another private airline had made the crew of some flights dance mid-air to the song Balam pichkari on Holi.

However, the episode has not turned not well for the crew members. “The frequent movement of the dancing crew may have affected the aircraft’s centre of gravity during flight and created turbulence…”

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The supension of the cabin crew is drawing flak on Social Media with many taking to micro-blogging site twitter to vent their ire on DGCA’s decision. It also added that the airline may have led the passengers to become unruly and that the carrier broke several safety regulations. Now all five Cabin Crew on the flight have been taken off from flight duty for inquiry.

Jet Airways removes flight crew for Sonu Nigam's performance