A major chaos broke out in Mumbai's Kalina on Tuesday

Mumbai Air India Walk In Interview Stampede like situation news: A major chaos broke out in Mumbai's Kalina on Tuesday as thousands of jobseekers turned up for a walk-in interview hled by Air India Airport Services Ltd. According to information, as many as 15,000 people turned up for 1,800 vacancies for the post of handyman and utility agent in Air India. Handyman and Utility agents are those who perform various repair and maintenance tasks.

Despite limited vacancies at Air India, a huge crowd turned up outside the recruitment office where the situation went out of control. In order to prevent a stampede-like situation, the applicants were asked to deposit their resumes and leave. 

As per George Abram, general secretary, Aviation Industry Employees Guild, as quoted by India Today, the recruitment process was mismanaged and claimed that 50,000 jobseekers turned up for the interview.

"There were around 50,000 people who turned up as per my sources there. We had warned the company against such drives. There was a 1 km-long queue. Police had to be called. Applicants were asked to leave their application, and they would be called later. There are vacancies for 1,786 handyman and 16 utility agents. This shows the joblessness among the people," Abram said.

The minimum qualifications for the posts were slated to be SSC/10th pass while the age limit for the same was maximum 23. Likewise, the salary was fixed at Rs 22,530 per month. Reportedly, the position was on a fixed-term contract, basis of 3 years.

As per the union, 50,000 applicants turned up. Rambabu Chintalacheruvu, CEO of AI Airport Services Limited said "about 15,000 people" came to submit their applications.

For those who dom't know, Air India Airport Services Ltd was formerly known as Air India Air Transport Services Limited.