Sonu Nigam denounces airline for suspending crew after on-flight show

Famous Indian playback singer Sonu Nigam on Friday denounced a local airline, Jet Airways, for suspending its cabin crew, calling it an ‘act of intolerance’ after they allowed the popular singer to take over the in-flight announcement system during a flight.

According to the Indian media, Nigam had taken over the announcement system to sing a medley of songs when his co-passengers requested him to perform on a flight from Jodhpur to Mumbai in the recent past.

The video of the occasion had gone viral on social media. However, the airline suspended the cabin crew of the mentioned flight earlier on Thursday and announced that it was enforcing corrective measures and disciplinary action.

In a statement today, Nigam said, “I have witnessed an elaborate fashion show in an aircraft. I have heard of small concerts happening in an aircraft. I have seen pilots and crew members cracking humorous jokes to loosen up passengers in other countries, which is so cool.

“To suspend crew members for asking me to sing on the address system, when the seat belt signs were off, and no announcements were to be made, is nothing less than punishing someone for spreading happiness.

“Pity there’s no one to question such harshness except the media perhaps. Indians, need to loosen up. This act of lack of common sense, according to me, is real intolerance.”