New Delhi: The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the country’s aviation safety regulator, has ordered suspension of licenses of two pilots of the budget airline, IndiGo, on the charges of violation of the safety norms and standard operating procedures (SoPs).
The pilots had made a Bangaluru-Ahmedabad flight land dangerously at Ahmedabad airport, putting risk to lives of the passengers on June 15.
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The flying licence of the pilot-in-command of IndiGo has been suspended for three months and of the co-pilot for one month, the official said.
As reported, an IndiGo aircraft operating its Bengaluru-Ahmedabad flight on June 15 had suffered a tail strike while landing at the Ahmedabad airport, following which the DGCA launched a probe into the incident. Besides, it had ordered grounding of the two pilots till investigation into the incident was completed.
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“On June 15, an Airbus 321 aircraft was involved in a tail strike while landing at Ahmedabad. DGCA investigation has revealed that the crew carried out the landing in deviation from established SOPs,” the official said on Wednesday.
Accordingly, both the crew members were issued a show cause notice by DGCA, he said.
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“After examination of their replies and relevant facts of the matter, the licence of the PIC has been suspended for a period of 3 months and of co-pilot for a period of one month for violation of the provisions of the relevant Civil Aviation requirements and SOPs,” the DGCA official said.
