By IANS,
Mumbai: I-league champions Churchill Brothers football team was Tuesday detained at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport on charges of allegedly misbehaving with a cabin crew.
Club president Joaquim Alemao told IANS that skipper Odafe Onyeka Okolie, a Nigerian, accidentally touched an air hostess and apologised for the action. The team was travelling to Kolkata via Mumbai on a Spice Jet flight for their I-League match, due Thursday.
“The matter was sorted out between Odafe and the air hostess. But another male crew started shouting and forced the hostess to take up the matter seriously and then the airlines offloaded the whole team from the aircraft. This was ridiculous,” Alemao said.
“How can they offload the whole team for the fault of just one member? And having known Odafe, I can tell you that he is not the kind of person to indulge in all such activities. He has set an example not only on the field but also off the field as well,” he added.
The players were questioned at the Mumbai airport police station.