Aviation regulator DGCA has issued 4 present trigger notices to Air India for varied violations associated to cabin crew relaxation and responsibility norms, cabin crew coaching guidelines and operational procedures, a month after the airline made sure voluntary disclosures to the watchdog, sources mentioned on Thursday.
The present trigger notices have been issued on July 23 on the premise of voluntary disclosures made by the airline to the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on June 20 and 21, the sources advised PTI.
“We acknowledge receipt of those notices from the regulator associated to sure voluntary disclosures that have been made during the last one 12 months by Air India. We’ll reply to the mentioned notices inside the stipulated interval. We stay dedicated to the security of our crew and passengers,” an Air India spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
Three present trigger notices have been issued primarily based on the voluntary disclosures made by Air India on June 20, together with violations of cabin crew responsibility and relaxation laws with respect to no less than 4 extremely lengthy haul flights — two operated on April 27 and one every on April 28 and Might 2, the sources mentioned.
In keeping with the sources, there have been additionally violations in crew coaching and operational process in relation to no less than 4 flights, together with these operated on July 26, 2024, October 9, 2024 and April 22, 2025.
One of many DGCA present trigger notices pertains to violations of flight responsibility interval/ weekly relaxation violations with respect to flights operated on June 24, 2024, and June 13, 2025, they added.
One other present trigger discover, primarily based on airline’s voluntary disclosures made on June 21, is about three cases of violations in cabin crew coaching and operational procedures.
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These violations occurred in among the flights operated on April 10-11, February 16-Might 19 and December 1, 2024, the sources mentioned.
In current instances, Air India has come underneath the regulatory scanner for sure violations.
In the meantime, on June 12, Air India’s Boeing 787-8 plane en path to London Gatwick crashed right into a constructing quickly after takeoff from Ahmedabad. A complete of 260 individuals, together with 19 individuals on the bottom, died within the accident.