Indigo, Mumbai airport get Centre notice over passengers eating on tarmac after flight delay
The government has demanded comprehensive responses from both Indigo and Mumbai Airport by the end of the day.
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The government has demanded comprehensive responses from both Indigo and Mumbai Airport by the end of the day.
Many passengers rushed out of an IndiGo aircraft at the Mumbai airport, sat on the tarmac, and some were also seen having food there as soon as their diverted Goa-Delhi flight landed after a long delay on Sunday
The Centre today issued show-cause notices to IndiGo Airlines and the Mumbai Airport after a video of passengers eating on the tarmac at the airport went viral on social media.
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According to the notices, “both Indigo and MIAL were not proactive in anticipating the situation and making the appropriate facilitation arrangements for passengers at the airport”.