Dgca Probe News Today

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken action against IndiGo Airlines pilots following an incident at Kolkata Airport.  

A trainee pilot from Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademi (IGRUA) is facing a probe by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) after she lost contact with Nagpur's air traffic control (ATC) and landed on a taxiway instead of the main runway. The incident occurred at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport in Nagpur. Read more about the incident and the concerns it has raised.

Following a blip on the ATC radar, a search team was dispatched from Nagpur airport to locate the trainee pilot. She was found on the parallel taxiway in Mihan SEZ, typically used as a towaway facility for aircraft maintenance and overhaul depots. The incident has been reported to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for investigation.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a detailed probe after an Air India pilot operating from Dubai to Delhi entertained a female friend in the cockpit.

This triggered chaos at the airport with angry passengers who were left behind staging a protest

A senior DGCA official said the matter is being investigated by the regulator.

“False reports have been propagated in the media by ‘entities with vested interests’ to mislead customers and authorities,” IndiGo said in its statement.

The regulator has issued show-cause notice to the airline in relation to the case of a specially-abled child being denied boarding by IndiGo at Ranchi Airport.

The aviation regulator explained that based on the outcomes of the outcome of the said inquiry, further action shall entail.

Two SpiceJet passengers in ICU after severe turbulence in flight during its descent phase, aircraft grounded in Kolkata, as reported by PTI.