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.
In 2017, the government of India formed a committee called The National No Fly List, which is compiled and maintained by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) based on inputs from airlines.
After a mid-air altercation on a Thai Smile Airways flight from Bangkok to Kolkata went viral, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday said a police complaint has been filed against the passengers who were involved in the scuffle.
After a scuffle broke out between passengers on a Thai Smile Airways flight, the airlines said that the row erupted when the passenger on seat 37C refused to follow the safety instructions of the crew.
India's Aviation security body Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has taken strong cognizance of the viral video in which the passengers were shown of Thai Smile Airways fighting during a flight.
Garuda Aerospace, an Indian drone manufacturer becomes the country's first drone start-up to receive both Type Certification and RTPO approvals by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for their Kisan Drones.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia paid floral tribute to former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary in Gwalior.
The direct employment in the aviation and aeronautical manufacturing sector is around 250,000 employees, Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen (Dr) VK Singh (Retd) informed Lok Sabha earlier this week.