Two passengers taken off SIA flight after one ‘verbally and physically’ abuses cabin crew


SIA said the safety of its customers and staff is its top priority, and apologised to customers on board the flight for the inconvenience caused by the incident. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Singapore Airlines (SIA) said its staff have the right to a safe work environment, after an incident where a passenger “verbally and physically abused” cabin crew on board its plane on Thursday (Feb 6).

In response to The Straits Times’ queries, an SIA spokesperson said the incident with the abusive passenger – whose details, including gender, the national carrier did not reveal, citing customer confidentiality – took place on board Flight SQ826.

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