NEW DELHI: After examining the tail strike of an IndiGo Airbus A321 (VT-IMW) during landing at Ahmedabad on June 15, 2023, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has suspended the licence of this flight’s pilot-in-comand (PIC) for three month and the co-pilot’s for a month. The regulator had issued show cause to the pilots on this incident and has found “violation of the provisions of the relevant (rules)” by the crew that had led to the same.
“On June 15, 2023, an Airbus 321 aircraft was involved in a tail strike while landing at Ahmedabad. DGCA investigation revealed the crew carried out the landing in deviation of established SOPs (standard operating procedures).
