Air India fined Rs 30 lakh by DGCA

Air India has been fined Rs 30 lakh by the civil aviation regulator DGCA for failing to follow regulations in handling the incident of an allegedly drunken flier urinating on a fellow passenger on a New York-Delhi flight.

In addition, the pilot-in-command has been suspended for three months and a fine of Rs 3 lakh slapped on the airline’s director, in-flight services, the regulator said.

This is the first time that the DGCA has penalised an airline for unruly passenger behaviour onboard a flight.