The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh on Air India for not arranging a sufficient number of wheelchairs, after a February 12 incident where an 80-year-old passenger who walked from an aircraft to the airport terminal in Mumbai collapsed and died.
The passenger had landed in Mumbai on an Air India flight from New York.
The penalty has been imposed for violating provisions of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, the Civil aviation regulator said in a news release Thursday.
