A Swedish nationwide, 63, was arrested in Mumbai on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 24-year-old cabin crew member on board a four-hour IndiGo flight from Bangkok. Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg, who was drunk on the time of the incident, additionally assaulted one other flyer. Police filed a chargesheet utilizing the accounts of three witnesses (all cabin crew). Westberg was subsequently launched on cost of Rs 20,000 bail surety by the courtroom on Friday. He now has to attend the trial. Westberg is the eighth unruly flyer arrested in India within the final three months.

Inebriated Swede arrested for molesting air hostess on Bangkok-Mumbai flight
A Swedish nationwide was arrested Thursday for allegedly molesting a cabin crew member in an inebriated state, the most recent case of unruly behaviour on an plane.
The incident occurred on board a four-hour-long IndiGo flight (6E-1052) from Bangkok to Mumbai. On arrival at Mumbai airport round 6.30pm, the accused, Klas Erik Harald Jonas Westberg (63), was arrested.
He was launched on cost of Rs 20,000 bail surety by the Andheri Metropolitan Magistrate Court on Friday. Sahar police has filed a four-page chargesheet utilizing the accounts of three witnesses (all cabin crew).
The passenger allegedly started to misbehave when meals have been being served. His run-ins with the cabin crew lasted until the flight landed. At one stage, the 24-year-old cabin crew member alerted the captain and browse out a purple warning card to Westberg.
Narrating the incident within the grievance, the cabin crew member mentioned, “The problem began when I informed Westberg (seated on 28-E), who was drunk, that there was no seafood onboard. I served him chicken meals and asked for his ATM card to make a payment through the POS machine. On the pretext of swiping the card, the passenger held my hand. I pulled it back and asked him to enter the card PIN. This time he crossed the limit… getting up, he molested me in front of other passengers. When I shouted and screamed that he was misbehaving, he returned to his seat.”
According to the police, moments later Westberg stood up once more and started arguing with one other cabin crew member, mouthing abuses. “The accused kept hurling “f**ok y**” during the entire journey. It is then that the victim read out the red warning card and… declared (him) an ‘unruly passenger’.” Westberg additionally assaulted “another passenger seated on 28-D” who confronted him, the FIR mentioned.
When the flight landed, the IndiGo safety officer and CISF officers have been knowledgeable and Westberg was handed over to police.
Westberg’s lawyer Prabhakar Tripathi mentioned the accused suffers from well being points and his physique shivers. “He cannot hold anything without help. He tried to hold the POS payment card machine when he touched the cabin crew. He did not touch her intentionally,” he mentioned.
Westberg is the eighth unruly flyer arrested within the final three months. In all of 2022, police arrested six. This is the fifth case of molestation onboard registered between 2017 and 2023.