The pilot of Air India AI-915 Delhi-Dubai flight on February 27 allowed a woman friend to enter the cockpit, according to a complaint filed by a cabin crew member on the same flight who alleged that safety norms were violated.
Go First CEO Kaushik Khona met DGCA officials right after the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in its judgement on Wednesday admitted the plea of Go First Airlines for insolvency proceedings.
The flight was reported to have suddenly descended from a 35,000 ft to 15,000 ft enroute to Singapore due to cabin pressurisation and was forced to divert at Kualanamu airport in Indonesia.
Go First which filed insolvency application has a fleet of 55 aircraft and DGCA has received deregistration request for 45 aircraft. Half of them have been grounded for months due to engine problems.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show cause notice to Go First under the relevant provisions of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, for their failure to continue the operation of the service in a safe, efficient and reliable manner on Monday.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre and others on a plea filed by a 72-year-old woman, who was urinated upon in a New York-Delhi Air India flight last November by an allegedly inebriated passenger, seeking direction to DGCA and all airlines to frame mandatory SoP and zero
The airline operator has been asked to submit their reply within 15 days of the receipt of the notice, and further decision on the continuation of their Air Operators Certificate (AOC) will be taken on the basis of the reply submitted by them.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has examined the response of Go First and has issued an order to the carrier to process their refunds to passengers.
AstraZeneca Pharma India Ltd., a science-led biopharmaceutical company, on Wednesday announced that it has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for the cancer drug Trastuzumab Deruxtecan for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
"The two Go First flights - one from Srinagar to Mumbai and another from Delhi to Mumbai - that were diverted to Surat airport, have now departed from Surat," said Surat Airport Director Rupesh Kumar.