Indigo fined Rs 30 lakh for tail strikes, DGCA find ‘systemic deficiencies’
The aviation regulator has fined IndiGo Rs 30 lakh after the airline suffered four tail strike incidents on its A321 aircraft this year.
A tail strike occurs when the rear end of an aircraft’s body, also called an aft fuselage, scrapes the runway during landing or takeoff. Such incidents can damage a plane.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said it conducted a special audit of the airline’s documentation and procedure on operations, training, engineering, and Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) programme. “During the special audit, certain systemic deficiencies were observed in M/s Indigo Airlines documentation pertaining to operations/training procedures and engineering procedures,” it said.
