Kochi: Actor Jinu Joseph has finally reached Kochi after an 'eventful' Friday at Abu Dhabi airport, where he was arrested for videotaping in flight. The actor was allegedly subjected to racial discrimination on an Al Etihad Airlines, after he questioned the poor services offered by the airlines.
The flight attendants also threatened to get him arrested for videotaping his ordeal in the flight, he wrote on his Facebook page, in a series of status updates. Upon reaching Abu Dhabi, the actor was arrested by the police.
The Rani Padmini actor, who was flying from the United States to Abu Dhabi, entered into a scuffle with the flight attendants after Jinu asked them to turn off a seatback TV screen, which had a dysfunctional power switch. However, instead of extending an apology for the technical glitch, the flight attendants covered it up using a blanket. This irked Jinu and he questioned it, all the while videotaping the same.
Foreseeing the consequences of the video that might show the airline in a bad light, the flight attendants threatened to take action against him.
Etihad did not respond to an email by Onmanorama seeking comments. But the airline responded to the actor on his FB wall, asking for a case reference number so it can look into the incident.
The airlines, in a statement, said that the actor misbehaved with the flight crew and was arrested at the Abu Dhabi airport. The airlines also said that Jinu was let go after he apologised and gave it in writing.
Jinu said in his FB post that his passport was confiscated and was prevented from exiting the aircraft, upon reaching Abu Dhabi.
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