Team News Riveting
New Delhi, July 28
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakh on IndiGo airline for four tail strike incidents within a span of six months this year.
A tail strike occurs when the tail of an aircraft touches the runway during takeoff or landing and is often caused due to pilot error.
The action came after the aviation regulator DGCA conducted a special audit of IndiGo to examine the company’s documentation and procedures pertaining to the operations, training, engineering, and flight data management (FDM) programme. The audit highlighted the deficiency in the training and engineering procedure of IndiGo.
The DGCA issued a show cause notice to the airlines and asked to submit the airliner’s response within the deadline. The DGCA officials said upon review at different levels, the response filed by the IndiGo was deemed unsatisfactory.
The DGCA has also directed the airline to make necessary amendments to its documents and procedures to comply with the regulator’s requirements and the guidelines provided by the original equipment manufacturers (OEM).
