AI grounds two crew members for mistakenly serving non-veg meal to vegetarian passenger

New Delhi: Air India has grounded two cabin crew members of its Tokyo-Delhi flight on March 25 for mistakenly serving a non-vegetarian meal to a vegetarian passenger, government officials said.

The passenger had booked a Jain vegetarian meal for himself, the officials said.

However, the two crew members mistakenly served him a non-vegetarian meal, they added.

When the passenger realized that he had been served the wrong meal, he put in a complaint with the crew members, the officials said.

The airline has grounded the two crew members and initiated a probe into this incident, they added.