New Delhi: In what appears to be an acute case of selfie love, a Jet Airways pilot allowed his friends and colleagues to access the highly sensitive cockpit area and pose for pictures displaying utter disregard for civil aviation safety guidelines. He turned the cockpit of the Boeing jet he was flying into a favourite location for selfies, some of which feature him craning out of an open window and posing.
The matter came to light after Sahil Arora, the pilot in question, uploaded the pictures on his Facebook page. Among the many pictures he posted were images of official documents with details of precious items like gold bars that were being ferried in the plane.
In one of the photographs, Arora can be seen posing with crew members for a selfie, in another he is seen with a woman friend as an elderly gentleman occupies the pilot's seat. Yet another photo shows the same woman fiddling with the cockpit panel. Most of the photos appear to have been taken on the ground.
A series of photographs posted by JetLite pilot Sahil Arora on his Facebook account shows the man posing with friends and airhostesses in the cockpit.According to sources, other pilots of the same airline also indulged in such "irresponsible practice", risking lives of passengers who flew on the aircraft. According to the Director General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) guidelines, only a select few are allowed inside the cockpit. Arora's Facebook page has pictures of a fellow pilot posing with rapper Honey Singh and actor Shah Rukh Khan.
18/11/14 Ankur Sharma/India Today
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The matter came to light after Sahil Arora, the pilot in question, uploaded the pictures on his Facebook page. Among the many pictures he posted were images of official documents with details of precious items like gold bars that were being ferried in the plane.
In one of the photographs, Arora can be seen posing with crew members for a selfie, in another he is seen with a woman friend as an elderly gentleman occupies the pilot's seat. Yet another photo shows the same woman fiddling with the cockpit panel. Most of the photos appear to have been taken on the ground.
A series of photographs posted by JetLite pilot Sahil Arora on his Facebook account shows the man posing with friends and airhostesses in the cockpit.According to sources, other pilots of the same airline also indulged in such "irresponsible practice", risking lives of passengers who flew on the aircraft. According to the Director General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) guidelines, only a select few are allowed inside the cockpit. Arora's Facebook page has pictures of a fellow pilot posing with rapper Honey Singh and actor Shah Rukh Khan.
18/11/14 Ankur Sharma/India Today
