The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday suspended six pilots — two each from IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India — who had reported running low on fuel while landing in Kolkata last Wednesday.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was on board the IndiGo Patna-Kolkata flight and the AI and Spice-Jet planes were ahead of her aircraft in landing sequence.
Banerjee's party had turned the issue of fuel shortage and alleged denial of emergency landing into a political controversy.
Sources said the regulatory action was a 'strict' warning to airlines not to cut corners on fuel, especially in the winter season when visibility keeps getting hit and planes have to divert from their scheduled destinations. "The DGCA has de-rostered (meaning grounded) the pilots and sought their corrective training," said an AI spokesperson.
SpiceJet also confirmed the move, while IndiGo+ referred to a statement issued last week saying "pilots operating this flight have been made available for any inquiry by the regulator".
07/12/16 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was on board the IndiGo Patna-Kolkata flight and the AI and Spice-Jet planes were ahead of her aircraft in landing sequence.
Banerjee's party had turned the issue of fuel shortage and alleged denial of emergency landing into a political controversy.
Sources said the regulatory action was a 'strict' warning to airlines not to cut corners on fuel, especially in the winter season when visibility keeps getting hit and planes have to divert from their scheduled destinations. "The DGCA has de-rostered (meaning grounded) the pilots and sought their corrective training," said an AI spokesperson.
SpiceJet also confirmed the move, while IndiGo+ referred to a statement issued last week saying "pilots operating this flight have been made available for any inquiry by the regulator".
07/12/16 Saurabh Sinha/The Times Of India
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