An Air India passenger behaved in a 'repulsive manner' and pooped on the plane's floor mid-flight, reports say

• A man urinated and defecated on the floor of a plane flying from Mumbai to Delhi, The Times of India reported.
• A spokesperson for Air India confirmed to Insider that he "behaved in a repulsive manner."

A man was arrested after he behaved in a "repulsive manner" on board an Air India flight, the airline confirmed to Insider, after reports he pooped on the plane's floor.

Saturday's flight was going from Mumbai to Delhi when the passenger urinated and defecated on the floor of the aircraft, according to both The Times of India and The Independent.

A spokesperson for Air India confirmed to Insider that a passenger "behaved in a repulsive manner, causing discomfort to the co-passengers." The airline did not confirm any specifics of the incident.

The cabin crew spotted the man and gave him a warning before the captain was also informed about the incident, according to The Times of India.

He was then kept away from other passengers, an Air India spokesperson told Insider.

"The situation agitated a number of other passengers on board the aircraft," said the official complaint seen by The Times of India.

When the plane arrived in Delhi, the man was taken away by airline security and arrested at a local police station, where the case noted he was drunk, the Times of India reported.

"On the complaint of the flight captain, Delhi Police registered a case at IGI police station and arrested the accused passenger," a senior Delhi Police official told Asian News International. "We produced him before a court which granted him bail. Further investigation is underway."

An Air India spokesperson told Insider: "In doing their best to manage the situation in the circumstances, the crew immediately secluded the passenger for the rest of the flight and issued a warning. The passenger was handed over to the security personnel upon landing in Delhi."

"Air India follows a zero tolerance policy for such unruly and unacceptable behaviour," they added. "We are extending all cooperation to hte ongoing investigations."

In January, Air India was fined $37,000 by the country's aviation regulator and suspended a pilot's license for three months after a passenger urinated on another female traveler, Bloomberg reported.