A Vistara airlines flight was delayed by three hours after a passenger engaged in an argument with on-board crew as he wished to smoke on the plane. The UK-707 flight from Amritsar to Kolkata flight was scheduled to have a halt in Delhi, which is where the incident was reported prior to take off.

The said passenger asked the flight attendant to permit him to smoke, citing that the flight is long. On being denied, the passenger engaged in an argument, following which he was issued a warning letter by the pilot and was later offloaded at Delhi airport, as per the airline spokesperson. In a statement about the incident, the airline regretted the delay and asserted that they do not accept unruly behaviour of any kind.