After imposing a penalty of Rs five lakh to IndiGo, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Monday imposed Rs 10 lakh fine on no-frills airline SpiceJet for training its Boeing 737 Max aircraft’s pilots on a faulty simulator as it could have adversely impacted flight safety. Earlier, the DGCA had barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from flying B737 Max aircraft. The pilots will have to be retrained, the DGCA had ordered.
According to DGCA, It had issued a showcause notice to SpiceJet and the response sent by the airline was not found satisfactory. “The training being imparted by the airline could have adversely affected flight safety and hence was nullified,” one of the sources stated.
