DGCA suspends GoAir pilots for drifting from runway
NEW DELHI : The country’s aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has suspended pilots of GoAir flight that landed outside the runway at the Bangalore airport on 11 November amidst poor weather conditions, a senior official of the agency said.
DGCA has also ordered an inquiry into the incident involving the Airbus A320 aircraft operated by the Wadia Group-owned no-frill airline.
Due to bad weather at the Bangalore airport, on 11 November, GoAir aircraft VT-WGR, plying between Nagpur and Bangalore, had to initiate a go-around, the DGCA official said, requesting anonymity.
