A FLIGHT was delayed for around 40 minutes while a passenger complained about the fact that the pilot was a female.

The man was travelling on a Mumbai-bound plane, which had already been held up due to fog, NDTV reports.

Passengers claim the man became "jittery" after the customary flight announcement was made, giving the female pilot's name.

"The man first started grumbling to co-passengers, 'Marna hai kya? Ghar nahi sambhalta, plane kya sambhalegi?' (I don't want to die! She can't take care of the house, how will she take care of a plane?)

"He called the airhostesses and objected to the woman pilot."

Ground staff came to take him off the plane while the other passengers became "restless and upset".

He relented after being told he would be removed from the place along with his check-in baggage.

An airport official has said there was a "mentally unsound" man on board the plane.





