India, June 28 -- Air India on Saturday said that a passenger on its flight AI454 from Amritsar to Delhi behaved in an unruly manner and was handed over to security after landing.

"During cabin preparations for landing, a member of our cabin crew noticed a passenger standing in the aisle, engaged in a verbal altercation with another passenger. The second passenger reported to the crew that the individual was being abusive," the airline said in a statement.

It said that the cabin crew acted promptly, de-escalating the situation by relocating the second passenger to a business class seat for the remainder of the flight.

"Following a complaint by the second passenger, the pilot-in-command notified our security team on the ground about the...