Pilot alleges unsafe flight operation by Indian Airlines

Kolkata: A senior official of Indian Airlines has moved the Calcutta High Court against the company alleging that it has violated safety norms in operating flights to the Mizoram state capital Aizawl.
Deputy General Manager (Operations) and a pilot of executive cadre Hari Shankar Mishra has moved the high court seeking an enquiry into the alleged violation of safety norms in flight operations from Kolkata to Lengpui airport in Aizawl between January one, 2006 and June five, 2006.
Mishra has sought action against the alleged violation, whereby Airbus 319 flights were operated to and fro Lengpui without proper Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), his lawyer V N Dwivedi claimed.
The matter was moved before the court of Justice Dipankar Dutta of Calcutta High Court, who has asked the petitioner to get it listed in the appellate side as many of the respondents were from outside West Bengal, as a technical requirement.
The matter is likely to come up for hearing again later this month, Dwivedi said.
13/05/07 PTI/Daily News & Analysis

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