A flier from Nagpur has been booked for allegedly trying to open the emergency exit door onboard an IndiGo flight when it was landing at Mumbai airport early last week. The man, identified as Pranav Raut, 40, has claimed that he removed the door’s cover by mistake and was trying to put it back on when the cabin crew spotted him.

The incident occured onboard flight number 6-E 5274 which was flying into Mumbai from Nagpur around 12.30 pm on Tuesday, January 24. The FIR was registered by Senior Cabin Crew Mumtaz Khan, 27. While Raut has not been arrested yet, the police have sent him a notice. Raut was on seat number 18B located near the emergency exit door. A police officer told mid-day, “The flight departed from Nagpur at 11.05 am and reached Mumbai around 12.35 pm.