An SAS flight carrying 119 passengers and 5 crew made a forced landing in Munich on Friday after one of its engines malfunctioned, the Scandinavian airline said. The plane, a Boeing 737 with CFM engines, on route from Munich to Oslo, ran into problems with its left engine about 10 minutes into the flight, a SAS spokesman said. The engine was then turned off, and the plane returned to land safely at Munich airport. The jet remains in Munich for technical checks and passengers were being rebooked onto another flight, he said. "This is of course very unusual, but when it happens we have very strict safety routines," SAS spokesman Fredrik Henriksson told Reuters.<br/>
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Indian police said Friday they were launching an investigation into a Hindu-nationalist lawmaker a day after he acknowledged hitting an Air India official 25 times with his sandals in a row over a business class seat. The state carrier and other airlines said they would bar Ravindra Gaikwad from flying after the fracas which has triggered a debate on the behavior of members of the political elite, and calls for a no-fly list for unruly passengers. Gaikwad, from the Shiv Sena party, allies of India's ruling BJP, did not apologize for Thursday's confrontation and told reporters he had been badly treated. "I hit him 25 times with my sandals ... I hit an Air India employee ... Let them complain," he said in a video clip published by the Hindustan Times. "I won't apologize. It's their fault ... For what? When I have not made any mistake, why should I repent?," Gaikwad told NDTV. He said his office had booked a business class seat for him on a Pune-Delhi flight, and he was angry when he failed to get one. He refused to leave his seat in protest after the plane landed and said he hit an Air India official who came on board to try and persuade him to move. Air India said that service did not have any business class seats and Gaikwad's refusal to leave had delayed other flights. Delhi Police said they had registered a preliminary case against Gaikwad on Friday. "We are transferring the case to our Crime Branch for a thorough investigation," special commissioner Dependra Pathak told reporters.<br/>
At least two girls wearing leggings were barred from boarding a United flight on Sunday because they were not in compliance with a dress code for passengers, the company said in a statement on Twitter. According to a series of tweets by another passenger, the girls were required to change or put dresses on over their leggings before they were allowed to board their flight from Denver to Minneapolis. "The passengers this morning were United pass riders who were not in compliance with our dress code policy for company benefit travel," the airline said on Twitter as the incident Thanwent viral on social media. In another tweet made in response to a question from a social media user, the airline said: "Casual attire for ticketed passengers is fine. The passenger today was a United pass traveler and follow different guidelines." United pass travelers are company employees or family members of employees. The passenger who initiated the social media fire storm with her tweets, Shannon Watts, described one of the barred passengers as a 10-year-old girl wearing gray leggings. Watts said the girls were allowed to board their flight after changing or putting dresses over their leggings. "This behavior is sexist and sexualizes young girls," Watts said on Twitter. "Not to mention that the families were mortified and inconvenienced."<br/>