Inspired by Sonu Nigam’s impromptu gig while aboard a passenger flight, Himesh Reshammiya too decided to entertain the passengers in a Jet Airways flight by singing some of his chartbuster songs. However, instead of crooning along with him, all passengers rushed off the plane after the pilot made an emergency landing on a paddy field. Five air hostesses, following the incident, have resigned, citing personal reasons.

The incident took place when Mr. Reshammiya was travelling in a Jet Airways flight from Jodhpur to Mumbai. The situation was tense inside the cabin as most of the crew members and passengers were aware of his presence. However, a 10-year-old boy, unaware of the imminent danger, approached him for an autograph and all hell broke loose. He jumped off the seat yelling, “Jai mata di, let’s rock,” and broke into a medley of his songs on the in-flight announcement system.

“Alien attack, alien attack!” screamed the pilot as he failed to identify the source of what he thought was a loud explosive sound, similar to a sonic boom, that the plane was generating. He hurriedly landed the plane on a paddy field. All crew members and passengers were safely evacuated following this.

Speaking to The Unreal Times, one of the crew members said, “It was all going smooth as the plane took off and reached cruising altitude. Suddenly we heard a barbaric scream and rushed inside the cabin where all passengers were sitting in a state of shock. One of the passengers fearfully pointed towards the toilet and we saw Mr. Reshammiya singing, ‘Tera tera tera suroor,’ on the announcement system. But before we could overpower him and snatch the mic, the pilot had already made an emergency landing. However, five of us decided to take moral responsibility for the traumatic experience that the passengers had to go through and resigned from the job. Moreover, it has now been classified under high-risk jobs following the incident.”

When we contacted the Director General of Civil Aviation, she looked visibly shaken and was unable to speak.