Civil Aviation Minister Carrying MatchBox In Flight Controversy

Here we are back with another controversy or an politics news Civil Aviation Minister Carrying MatchBox In Flight Controversy. On n Tuesday sparked a controversy by admitting that he carried match boxes in airplanes, without them being confiscated, after he became the Union Civil Aviation Minister. Raju told a seminar organized by bureau of civil aviation security that a lot of his matchboxes and cigarette lighters were confiscated before he became a minister. So plz scroll down the age and get all of the details of this controversy and statments of other politicians on that topic below.

Civil Aviation Minister Carrying MatchBox In Flight

1) Civil aviation is fortunately or unfortunately an activity which has a direct impact on economics, the growth of the country. Therefore, all these angles have to be addressed.

2) How is matchbox a threat? Raju said at an event in New Delhi, calling himself “a heavy smoker. Once I became minister, people stopped frisking me. So matchbox, which used to be confiscated, came along with me. I am yet to come across an incident worldwide where a matchbox became a threat,” the minister said. Carrying matchboxes and lighters on a flight are forbidden by law.

3)We need to make security less obstructive and more meaningful so that the economic activities do not get affected,” the minister said. Safety rules do not allow passengers to carry items such as lighters on board flights. Strike matches are banned both in the cabin and in checked in luggage.