DGCA points inquiry on incidents reported in Vistara and Indigo

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an inquiry relating to two separate incidents that have been reported in Vistara and Indigo airways on Tuesday.

In the incident relating to Vistara airways, the engine on a Bangkok-Delhi flight (A320) failed shortly after it landed on the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The airline stated that it had an uneventful flight and touched down safely in Delhi.

Vistara airways have been requested to pay a sum of Rs 10 lakh penalty final month by the DGCA, for permitting a co-pilot to land an plane in Indore regardless of not having the requisite coaching in a simulator. The airline apologised for the ‘regrettable violation’.

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In the second incident, which was reported on Tuesday, in Indigo throughout a Raipur-Indore flight smoke was seen billowing from the cabin after it landed. All passengers have been in a position to disembark safely.

These incidents have come a day after the DGCA despatched a discover to Spicejet for the unusually excessive variety of incidents involving its fleet in the course of the previous three weeks.

Meanwhile, sources say that greater than 30 incidents are reported on common day by day, which embody go-around, missed approaches, diversion, medical emergencies, and hen hits. Most of them don’t have any security implications.