A whopping wonderful of ₹1.10 crore has been imposed on Air India for security violations amid a sequence of incidents of flight irregularities. The security violations came about on sure long-range terrain essential routes, the DGCA mentioned. Recently, IndiGo was fined ₹1.20 crore because the passengers of one among its flights got here out on the tarmac and began consuming meals. Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia strongly reacted to the incident and mentioned it was unacceptable.

A former Air India pilot who served as a B777 commander complained concerning the observe to the civil aviation ministry and the DGCA on October 29 final yr. The DGCA mentioned {that a} complete investigation by them, prima facie revealed non-compliance by the airline.

“Since the investigation prima facie revealed non-compliance by the airline, a Show Cause Notice was issued to the Accountable Manager of Air India Limited. The response to the Show Cause Notice was duly examined with respect to the laid down stipulations under the relevant statutory provisions and the performance limits stipulated in critical documentations laid down by the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM),” an announcement issued by the DGCA learn.

Owing to the fog, a number of flights had been both delayed or cancelled creating mayhem at some airports. Commenting on the chaos, Scindia earlier mentioned, “There are the vagaries of nature over which unfortunately we don’t have control. Those vagaries of nature happen all across the globe. We have a couple of very bad fog days in Delhi. As you all are aware, there are some base stations in any civil aviation ecosystem. When due to weather or any other incident, the base station gets affected, it produces a cycle of unfortunate delays and cancellations across the length and breadth of the system.”

Safety is the first focus of the ministry, Scindia mentioned.