DGCA suspends flying license of IndiGo pilots
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the flying license of two pilots of IndiGo airlines for three months on Saturday. The suspension was done in connection with the runway incursion incident at Chennai airport on 14th July 2019. The two pilots, even though the air traffic control asked them to hold the airbus A320 at runway point, crossed which led to a runway incursion.
The DGCA investigated this incident and issued show-cause notices to the pilots. The pilot-in-command accept his mistake, after which the regulatory body for three months effective immediately.
Earlier in October, the flying licenses of two IndiGo pilots were suspended for another incident of a runaway at Delhi airport.
In a similar incident, the aviation regulator has also suspended pilots of GoAir flight that landed outside the runway at the Bangalore airport on 11 November amidst poor weather conditions. DGCA has also ordered an inquiry into the incident.
(With inputs from ANI)
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