New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA has told the Supreme Court that disabled persons would be given priority for transportation over others in cases of unforseen situations demanding off-loading of passengers from aircraft.
The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan that the payload capacity of an aircraft might change due to technical aspects or weather conditions and, in such cases, the airlines would give priority to persons with disablity for transportation.
"It is pertinent to mention that the payload capacity of aircraft may change due to technical aspects such as change of aircraft, restriction due to airfield, change in weather conditions.
"If such unforeseen circumstances is encountered by operator and flight is permissble with lesser payload i.e. lesser number of passengers, the first priority will be of persons with disability for transportation," the DGCA said in its compliance affidavit in the top court.
The matter was listed for hearing before the court today and Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the bench that they have done "whatever they could do" in this matter.
08/09/17 PTI/Times of India
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The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) told a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan that the payload capacity of an aircraft might change due to technical aspects or weather conditions and, in such cases, the airlines would give priority to persons with disablity for transportation.
"It is pertinent to mention that the payload capacity of aircraft may change due to technical aspects such as change of aircraft, restriction due to airfield, change in weather conditions.
"If such unforeseen circumstances is encountered by operator and flight is permissble with lesser payload i.e. lesser number of passengers, the first priority will be of persons with disability for transportation," the DGCA said in its compliance affidavit in the top court.
The matter was listed for hearing before the court today and Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand told the bench that they have done "whatever they could do" in this matter.
08/09/17 PTI/Times of India
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