Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen creates ruckus onboard Air India flight, delays plane by 30 minutes

New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen on Friday created a ruckus onboard Air India flight from New Delhi to Kolkata.

The Rajya Sabha member delayed the flight by 30 minutes after refusing to abide by security protocols, ANI news agency reported.

The incident happened after Sen refused to oblige to AI staff's request to shift her senior citizen mother's seat from the emergency exit.

The latest episode comes just days after Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad assaulted an officer of the national carrier last month.

Air India today revoked its flight ban on Gaikwad with immediate effect, two weeks after he had assaulted an airline staffer onboard a plane.

The 56-year-old Osmanabad MP had yesterday written a letter to Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapathi Raju expressing his "regrets" over the "unfortunate incident" on March 23.

"I write to convey my regrets for the unfortunate incident that took place on 23rd March, 2017 in the Air India Flight No. AI-852 seat No.1F," Gaikwad had said in the letter.