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Air India’s Flight AI315 returns to Hong Kong due to a system alert aboard a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, raising further safety concerns after the AI171 crash and a series of technical issues in the fleet

Air India AI315 aborts journey, returns to Hong Kong over technical...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 16, 2025 0

In-flight technical glitch forces AI315 back to Hong Kong An Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner operating Flight AI315 from Hong Kong to Delhi had to...

The incident occurred as the flight operating under the designation AI 933 touched down in Dubai

Law and Order

DGCA probes ‘severe hard landing’ of Air India A320 aircraft in...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 2, 2024 0

Air India defrosters pilot involved in hard landing incident in Dubai; orders probe The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating a "severe hard...

After reviewing the action taken report submitted by the airline, the DGCA issued show-cause notices to Air India’s officials concerned

Laws

DGCA suspends Air India’s flight safety chief over lapses in accident...

PGurus Newsdesk - September 21, 2023 0

Aviation watchdog finds gap in Air India’s accident prevention work; suspends flight safety chief for 1 month The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has...

The observations made by the DGCA monitoring team have brought forth a range of grave concerns

Laws

DGCA identifies deficiencies in Air India’s internal safety audit procedure

PGurus Newsdesk - August 26, 2023 0

DGCA's inspection reveals lapses in Air India's internal safety audits, says airlines made false reports in 13 safety checkpoints An examination squad consisting of two...

Sudden fire broke out at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport on Wednesday evening and was quickly brought under control

Justice System

Director General of Civil Aviation to probe fire mishap at Kolkata...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 15, 2023 0

A forensic team to arrive at the scene of the fire to investigate the actual reasons behind the fire On Thursday a central investigation team...

The incident took place in a Delhi-Leh flight-bound flight last week and came to light only after a complaint was filed by the cabin crew regarding the entry of an unauthorised female passenger in the cockpit

Business

Air India suspends two pilots for allowing unauthorized woman to enter...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 13, 2023 0

Air India pilots land in hot water for inviting female friend into cockpit, months after similar incident After Air India received a complaint from the...

On January 9, a Go Air flight on the Bengaluru-Delhi route took off leaving behind passengers

Laws

DGCA imposes Rs.10 lakh fine on Go First airline for leaving...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 28, 2023 1

Go Air fined for violation of rules; show-cause notice issued to Accountable Manager The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of...

DGCA issued show cause notice to the Accountable Manager of Air India as to why action should not be taken against them for dereliction of their regulatory obligations

Laws

DGCA imposes Rs.10 lakh fine on Air India for not reporting...

PGurus Newsdesk - January 24, 2023 1

The aviation regulator asks Air India to maintain a database of all unruly passengers A financial penalty of Rs.10 lakh has been imposed on Air...

DGCA has levied the penalty, and has advised Air India to immediately put systems in order to resolve the issue

Laws

DGCA imposes Rs.10 lakh fine on Air India for denying boarding...

PGurus Newsdesk - June 15, 2022 0

DGCA fines Air India for not compensating flyers; directs airlines to put systems in place to resolve issue On Tuesday the civil aviation regulator, Directorate General...

Indigo had refused to allow the child and his family to board the flight, claiming he was in a

Travel

DGCA issues show cause to IndiGo Airlines over mishandling of a...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 16, 2022 1

DGCA says IndiGo staff handled child boarding incident inappropriately The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has sent a show cause to IndiGo...