Jyotiraditya Scindia said this on the incident related to passengers eating food on the road

Hyderabad: Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said that within hours of receiving information about the viral video showing passengers eating while sitting on the Mumbai airport tarmac, a show cause notice was immediately issued. Fines have been imposed on airlines and airports. “We have had some days of zero visibility. In those days, landing and take-off becomes difficult if not impossible…This led to a chain of events that led to this plane coming into the airport and then going into the parking stand for reasons I can’t even imagine. can do.

I have repeatedly said that the safety and security of our citizens under civil aviation is of primary importance to us and therefore within hours of learning about the incident, just after midnight, Sidiya said on Thursday, “The ministry A meeting was held with all the officials inside and a show cause notice was immediately issued.” He further said that safety of passengers is our priority and notices were issued within three to four hours. “The fact that passengers were inconvenienced, the fact that they had to eat on the tarmac, and the fact that security was compromised at all points was unacceptable. Within 3-4 hours, notices were issued and within 24 hours of the notice being issued, necessary penalties were imposed. “This or any similar incident is unacceptable to us and therefore penalties have been issued.” Earlier on Wednesday, Mumbai airport had to pay a fine of Rs 30 lakh from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), while Indigo Airlines received a fine of Rs 1.20 crore from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) related to the viral video of passengers being seated .

And eating food on the airport tarmac. Aviation security regulator BCAS has imposed a fine of Rs 60 lakh on Mumbai airport operator MIAL for the incident of passengers eating food on the road. DGCA said that the reply to the show cause notice received on Wednesday was considered unsatisfactory. The regulators say that the reply to the show cause notice was received on 17.01.2024 and it was not found satisfactory as the response submitted by MIAL shows that they failed to comply with the safety requirements prescribed in Air Safety Circular 04 of 2007 Are. ,” the ministry official said. DGCA imposed a fine of Rs 30 lakh on both Air India and SpiceJet for irregularities in pilot rostering during flight operations in low visibility conditions. Additionally, a viral video shows passengers of a Delhi-bound IndiGo flight diverted to Mumbai eating food while sitting at the airport.