IndiGo fiasco fallout: Airline appoints new head of operations control centre

NEW DELHI: IndiGo has finally started acting against officials who were seen to be responsible for last Dec flight fiasco. The airline on Friday appointed Captain Rohit Rikhye as the head of its operations control centre (OCC), removing Jason Herter from the position. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had in its report on the IndiGo crisis directed removing Herter from the position of OCC senior VP and also ordered that he not be given any accountable position in the future.

“Captain Rohit Rikhye, currently chief pilot (standards, quality assurance and operation safety, has been appointed the new head of OCC.