Worried about security risks arising out of in-flight selfies, aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) may soon ask airlines to strictly enforce a ban on taking pictures inside cockpit and at other critical places, including by crew members.
While existing rules also put some restrictions on in-flight photography, the regulator will come out with a detailed set of guidelines in a few days in the wake of certain cases coming to the light about possible security risks from clicking cockpit selfies.
With increased use of smart devices, there have been many instances of travellers as well as crew members, including pilots, clicking photographs inside flights.
Against this backdrop, DGCA is working on guidelines for airlines that would cover various aspects of photography inside an aircraft including selfies.
A senior DGCA official on Friday said the regulator would be soon coming with a circular in this regard, mostly likely next week.
“It will be a safety circular for providing guidance to airlines,” the official said, even as he made it clear that there are already rules in place for “photograph at aerodromes or from aircraft in flight”.
According to the official, the circular would cover issues such as whether photography is permitted in cockpit including selfies.
26/08/16 PTI/VCCircle
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While existing rules also put some restrictions on in-flight photography, the regulator will come out with a detailed set of guidelines in a few days in the wake of certain cases coming to the light about possible security risks from clicking cockpit selfies.
With increased use of smart devices, there have been many instances of travellers as well as crew members, including pilots, clicking photographs inside flights.
Against this backdrop, DGCA is working on guidelines for airlines that would cover various aspects of photography inside an aircraft including selfies.
A senior DGCA official on Friday said the regulator would be soon coming with a circular in this regard, mostly likely next week.
“It will be a safety circular for providing guidance to airlines,” the official said, even as he made it clear that there are already rules in place for “photograph at aerodromes or from aircraft in flight”.
According to the official, the circular would cover issues such as whether photography is permitted in cockpit including selfies.
26/08/16 PTI/VCCircle
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