Two pilots for Jet Airways, India’s domestic and long-haul carrier, have been fired after a stunning incident that left the cockpit empty two times after a violent confrontation on a flight from London to Mumbai on New Year’s Day.

The soap-opera worthy story began when a female captain left the flight deck in tears during the cruise phase. She had been slapped by a male captain who was serving as a co-pilot on the flight, reports say. As she stood in the galley sobbing, flight attendants sought to comfort her while also urging her to return to the flight deck, according to an account in the Times of India. “The co-pilot also kept buzzing (calling from the intercom in the cockpit) the crew, asking them to send the second pilot back,” the newspaper reported.

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