Top officials of India's aviation regulatory body DGCA and Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) are fuming that Air India did not report two shocking incidents of a passenger urinating on a co-passenger within a span of 11 days.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Thursday issued Show Cause notices to Air India, crew members and pilots of the New York-Delhi flight in connection with the urination incident onboard on November 26 last year.
Air India has submitted the report to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) pertaining to the incident of an inebriated male passenger urinating on a female co-passenger in its business class on November 26 last year, said DGCA officials on Thursday.
Taking serious note of the Air India urination incident, the Ministry of Civil Aviation directed the airline to do an internal probe into the matter and submit the report as soon as possible, said top government sources on Thursday.
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