Over alleged “violation of safety and social distancing protocol by media personnel on flight 6E-264”, a report has been sought from the IndiGo, after the DGCA spotted the media frenzy on videos, sources said.
After media frenzy on Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut’s flight from Chandigarh to Mumbai on Wednesday stirred controversy, aviation regulator – the Directorate General of Civil Aviation or DGCA – has warned the airlines with a suspension of a flight for two weeks if anyone is found taking photographs in an aircraft against the rules drawn by the government.
In a statement today, the aviation regulator DGCA reminded the airlines that “no person shall take any photograph except in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of permission in writing granted by the Director-General, a Joint Director General, a Deputy Director-General or the Director of Regulations and Information of the Civil Aviation Department.” However, it said that the permission is “not applicable when such aircraft is landing, taking off or on the ground at a defence aerodrome”
The regulator gave a tough warning to the flight operators, stressing that the airlines often fail to follow these rules, “primarily because of lack of diligence”.
“It has been decided that from now on, in case any such violation occurs, the schedule of flight for that particular route shall be suspended for a period of two weeks from the next day. The regulator also said that the flight operation shall be restored “only after the airline has taken all the necessary punitive action against those responsible for the violation.”
“Such deviations result in compromise in maintaining the highest standards of safety,” the DGCA stressed in itās statement.
Over alleged “violation of safety and social distancing protocol by media personnel on flight 6E-264”, a report has been sought from the IndiGo, after the DGCA spotted the media frenzy on videos, sources said.
Reporters, in a video doing rounds on the internet, are seen violating government-mandated Covid protocols, speaking into their mics, or taking mobile phone videos while reporting for their channels from the plane in the middle of a wild chase of actor Kangana Ranaut.
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