After the incident, the Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, held a gathering with all ministry officers on Monday.
The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) underneath the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has issued show-cause notices to Indigo and Mumbai Airport after a video of passengers eating on the tarmac at Mumbai Airport went viral on social media. The Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, held a gathering with all ministry officers on Monday.
According to the notices, “Both Indigo and Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) were not proactive in anticipating the situation and making the appropriate facilitation arrangements for passengers at the airport”.
“The aircraft was allotted a remote bay C-33 (instead of a Contact Stand – an aircraft parking stand that is suitable for walking passengers to and from an aircraft from an allocated boarding gate), which further added to passenger woes and deprived them the opportunity to avail basic facilities like restrooms and refreshments at the terminal”.
This resulted in an unfavourable, unacceptable expertise for the drained and harassed passengers. The flight operation was deliberate and executed with out taking passengers’ comfort, safety norms and operational issues under consideration.
Concerning Indigo, a show cause discover has been issued for the violation of Rule 51 of the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023, relating to failure to observe due aviation safety procedures in respect of Flight no 6E 2195 which landed at Mumbai Airport at 2321 hrs. on January 14 as a diversion case.
@HardeepSPuri @JM_Scindia @PMOIndia @ABPNews @republic @aajtak @IndiGo6E Flight quantity 6E
2195 from goa to Delhi has been delayed for 20 hrs and now they’ve landed at Mumbai Airport as a substitute of Delhi. Totally unsafe for girls traveller’s nocourtesy in indigo workers. pic.twitter.com/3uWiIQ1yjO
— Anchit Syal (@AnchitSyal) January 14, 2024
The discover says that Indigo allowed the disembarkation of passengers from flight 6E 2195 onto the apron after which boarded them on to flight 6E 2091 on January 15 at Mumbai airport, with out following the process of safety screening, which violates the above-mentioned orders. Further, the incident was not reported to BCAS by the plane operator which is attributed to a violation of Rule 51 of the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023.
Concerning MIAL, a show-cause discover for the violation of Rule 51 of the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 has been issued relating to failure to report an incident in respect of Flight no 6E 2195 which landed on the Mumbai Airport. The ASG of Mumbai was additionally not forewarned in regards to the scenario. In the case of each notices, MoCA has requested for replies by Tuesday. If replies aren’t acquired within the given time, then enforcement motion together with monetary penalty can be initiated
