A passenger travelling on Akasa Air flight from Varanasi to Mumbai was detained on Monday evening after he allegedly attempted to open the aircraft's emergency exit door just before the takeoff, officials said on Tuesday.

The incident took place aboard flight QP 1497, which was scheduled to depart for Mumbai at 6:45pm on Monday from Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport. According to the officials, the aircraft was taxiing towards the runway; passenger Sujit Singh suddenly tried to open the emergency exit door.