Airline IndiGo has barred nine media persons from flying for 15 days following recommendations by an internal committee set up to look int...
Airline IndiGo has barred nine media persons from flying for 15 days following recommendations by an internal committee set up to look into the alleged unruly behaviour of the journalists onboard a flight in which actor Kangana Ranaut was also travelling in September, The Indian Express reported on Saturday. The media personnel have been barred from travelling from October 15 to 30.
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation had asked for a report from IndiGo Airlines on the alleged violation of safety and physical distancing protocols by media persons on its September 9 Chandigarh to Mumbai flight, carrying Ranaut.
“We have seen some videos wherein media persons are standing too close to each other in the 6E 264 flight on Wednesday,” a DGCA official had said. “It seems to be a violation of safety and social distancing protocols. We have asked IndiGo to submit a report on this incident.” An official said Ranaut was sitting in one of the front rows on the flight.
Following this, the DGCA had announced that violations of in-flight rules, including photography, will attract a suspension of the scheduled route for two weeks. The aviation regulator had said airlines have failed to follow government-mandated rules because of what it called a “lack of diligence” on their part. “...it...
