Air India Cockpit Entry Case: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) canceled the pilot’s license for one year on Thursday (June 22) in connection with the sitting of a female friend in the cockpit of Air India’s Chandigarh-Leh flight.
Apart from this, the DGSA also suspended the license of the co-pilot of the same flight for 1 month as he did not inform even after knowing about the matter. Apart from this, after the incident on June 3, both the pilots were ordered to be removed from service till the investigation is pending.
What did DGCA say?
As per the DGCA’s safety norms, unauthorized persons are not allowed to enter the cockpit and any such entry may violate the norms.
“The pilot-in-command of M/s Air India flight AI-458 (Chandigarh-Leh) allowed an unauthorized person into the cockpit during departure on June 3 and that person was present during the entire flight,” the DGCA said in a statement. Stayed in the cockpit.
Air India has already been fined
The DGCA stated that the co-pilot did not raise any concern over the woman’s unauthorized entry into the cockpit and did not report the same. The DGCA had last month imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Air India for not reporting a similar incident that happened on a Dubai-Delhi flight in February this year.
At present, the statement of Air India has not come on the whole matter.
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