DGCA Issues Notices to 4 Senior IndiGo Executives After it Finds Safety Lapses by The Airline

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday issued show cause notices to four senior executives of IndiGo airline after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found safety lapses. The regulator has given 15 days to the four executives to respond to the notices. Sources said that the DGCA’s action comes days after it carried out the audit at the IndiGo office in Gurgaon on July 8 and July 9.

Notably, the aviation regulator is conducting special audit of all airlines and airports which are in monsoon-affected areas in the wake of multiple landing incidents across the country. Earlier this month,  four senior executives of SpiceJet were also issued show cause notices by the DGCA after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found lapses on their part.

Speaking to PTI, one of the sources said,”Captain Sanjiv Bhalla, the head of training; Captain Hemant Kumar, the chief of flight safety; Captain Ashim Mitra, the senior vice-president – operations; Captain Rakesh Srivastava, the QA (Quality Assurance) and Ops Safety, have been issued show cause notices today.”