<p align="justify" class="title">An Air India cabin crew member allegedly slapped her junior colleague for serving non-vegetarian food to a vegetarian passenger on board a Frankfurt-bound flight from New Delhi, according to airline officials.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">An Air India spokesperson said that an internal probe into the incident, which took place on March 17, has been launched by the carrier's in-flight service department.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The cabin attendant "by mistake" served non-vegetarian food instead of a vegetarian food to a passenger in the business class of its New Delhi-Frankfurt flight. The passenger pointed out the mistake to the cabin supervisor but did not file any complaint, a source said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">On being told about her folly, the attendant went to the passenger and apologised. She replaced the meal as well, the source said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">However, the cabin crew supervisor later took up the issue again with the flight attendant and this time even slapped her for the mistake, the source claimed.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The junior colleague did not retaliate but later filed a complaint with Air India's in-flight service department over the incident, the source said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We have received a complaint from the cabin crew of the flight AI 121 ( New Delhi-Frankfurt). An internal inquiry has been set up to investigate the allegations in the complaint," the Air India Spokesperson said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The issue of misbehaviour by airline personnel had come into focus after a video went viral last year showing IndiGo ground staff allegedly assaulting a passenger. A parliamentary panel too had raised concern over "rude" and "arrogant" behaviour of airlines staff towards passengers, saying it should stop.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Earlier, a Shiv Sena lawmaker from Maharashtra had thrashed an Air India cabin crew with a slipper over seating issue, an act which prompted the government to roll out a no-fly list in September last year for people who behave unruly during air travel. </p>
<p align="justify" class="title">An Air India cabin crew member allegedly slapped her junior colleague for serving non-vegetarian food to a vegetarian passenger on board a Frankfurt-bound flight from New Delhi, according to airline officials.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">An Air India spokesperson said that an internal probe into the incident, which took place on March 17, has been launched by the carrier's in-flight service department.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The cabin attendant "by mistake" served non-vegetarian food instead of a vegetarian food to a passenger in the business class of its New Delhi-Frankfurt flight. The passenger pointed out the mistake to the cabin supervisor but did not file any complaint, a source said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">On being told about her folly, the attendant went to the passenger and apologised. She replaced the meal as well, the source said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">However, the cabin crew supervisor later took up the issue again with the flight attendant and this time even slapped her for the mistake, the source claimed.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The junior colleague did not retaliate but later filed a complaint with Air India's in-flight service department over the incident, the source said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"We have received a complaint from the cabin crew of the flight AI 121 ( New Delhi-Frankfurt). An internal inquiry has been set up to investigate the allegations in the complaint," the Air India Spokesperson said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The issue of misbehaviour by airline personnel had come into focus after a video went viral last year showing IndiGo ground staff allegedly assaulting a passenger. A parliamentary panel too had raised concern over "rude" and "arrogant" behaviour of airlines staff towards passengers, saying it should stop.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Earlier, a Shiv Sena lawmaker from Maharashtra had thrashed an Air India cabin crew with a slipper over seating issue, an act which prompted the government to roll out a no-fly list in September last year for people who behave unruly during air travel. </p>