Two pilots suspended for FIGHTING at 37,000ft in cockpit bust-up over a meal tray on an Iraqi Airways jet with 157 on board
The plane was on its way to Baghdad from Mashhad in Iran when it ended in chaos as the captain and first officer scuffled mid flight on Wednesday
A PAIR of pilots have been suspended after coming to blows over a food tray at 37,000 feet.
The Iraqi Airways plane was on its way to Baghdad from Mashhad in Iran when it ended in chaos as the captain and first officer scuffled in the cock pit on Wednesday.
In a letter to the airlines management the co-pilot told bosses: "Conversation with the pilot became heated because he forbade an air hostess from bringing me a meal tray, under the pretext that I hadn't asked him for authorisation."
Allegedly the captain then took his own meal before hitting and insulting the co-pilot.
According to security guards on the aircraft intervened to break up the fight that passengers say caused damage to the cockpit.
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After the plane landed safely in the Iraqi capital the argument is said to have rumbled on.
The Iraqi Ministry of Transportation said on its website later that day that it had begun an investigation into the pilot and co-pilot’s actions and had “ordered immediately to restrict them from flying.”
A statement added: “They will have no chance of escaping harsh penalties, and will face the worst and most severe punishments, the least of which is the denial of flight for life."
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