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Scindia's intervention sought to revoke suspension of pilot's licence

The Federation of Indian Pilots wrote to Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia seeking his intervention to revoke the suspension of licence of the pilot-in-command of the Air India flight

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Shankar Mishra accused of urinating on woman on AI flight moves court

Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly woman co-passenger on board an Air India flight from New York to New Delhi, on Wednesday moved a Delhi court seeking bail. Mishra, currently in judicial custody, moved an appeal before a sessions court against an order passed by a magisterial court that had denied him bail on January 11. The sessions court is likely to hear the arguments on his application on January 27. Mishra was arrested by a joint team of Bengaluru and Delhi police after he had gone incommunicado following the sordid incident on an Air India flight on November 26, 2022. Mishra allegedly urinated on the woman, a senior citizen, in an inebriated condition in the business class of the Air India flight from New York to Delhi. The Delhi Police registered an FIR against him on January 4 on a complaint by the woman.

Urination incident: Air India amends existing in-flight liquor policy

Air India faced heavy backlash from everywhere including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for its poor handling of the back-to-back incidents of unruly behavior of passengers on its flights

DGCA action 'excessive', we stand by suspended pilot, says Air India

The airline will assist the pilot in appealing against the order

Air India modifies in-flight alcohol service policy amid recent incidents

Amid recent incidents of unruly passenger behaviour, Air India has modified its in-flight alcohol service policy wherein cabin crew have been told to tactfully further serving of alcohol if needed. The Tata group-owned airline has been slapped with penalties in the last few days by DGCA for the unruly behaviour of passengers onboard two international flights for reporting lapses. The exact changes in the revised policy could not be immediately ascertained. According to the revised policy, guests should not be permitted to drink alcohol unless served by the cabin crew and that the cabin crew be attentive to identifying guests that might be consuming their own alcohol. "Service of alcoholic beverages must be carried out in a reasonable and safe manner. This includes tactfully refusing to (further) serve a guest alcohol," as per the policy. In a statement, an Air India spokesperson said the airline has reviewed its existing in-flight alcohol service policy, taking reference from othe

Pilot's licence suspension over passenger incident 'excessive': Air India

The regulator also suspended the licence of the pilot-in-command on the New York-New Delhi flight for three months

Crew made a judgement call, says Air India post internal investigation

The crew was approached by the complainant seeking assistance after allegedly being urinated on by a fellow passenger

DGCA fines Air India Rs 10 lakh for not reporting second peeing incident

Says airline failed to report incident to the regulator and delayed referring it to the airline's internal committee

Paris-New Delhi flight incidents: DGCA slaps Rs 10 lakh fine on Air India

Aviation regulator DGCA on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Air India for not reporting two incidents of unruly passenger behaviour onboard a Paris-New Delhi flight in December last year. This is the second time in less than a week that the watchdog has taken enforcement action against the airline in connection with unruly passenger behaviour. In a statement on Tuesday, DGCA said the incidents of passenger misbehaviour occurred on the AI-142 flight from Paris to New Delhi on December 6, 2022. One drunk passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory and not adhering to the crew instructions, and another passenger allegedly relieved himself on a vacant seat and blanket of a fellow female passenger when she went to the lavatory, it said. "Enforcement action in the form of a financial penalty of Rs 10,00,000 has been imposed on Air India for not reporting the incident to DGCA and delaying in referring the matter to its Internal Committee, which is a violation of applicable DGCA Ci

Urination case: AICCA seeks rollback of derostering of Air India crew

Cabin crew body, All India's Cabin Crew Association (AICCA), on Monday demanded that the airline should roll back derostering of the crew that operated the New York- Delhi flight where a male passenger allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger last November. Earlier this month, Air India issued show cause notices to the Pilot-in-Command and four crew members of the flight and derostered them pending investigation. For various violations related to the urination incident onboard the flight on November 26, 2022, aviation regulator DGCA has imposed a financial penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Air India, Rs 3 lakh fine on the airline's director of inflight services and also suspended the pilot-in-command's licence for three months. Against this backdrop, the All India Cabin Crew Association (AICCA) has demanded that the crew concerned should be rostered for duty again. "The AICCA has perused the DGCA press note on the Al-102 (26/11/22) and noted with deep regret the unusually harsh punishmen

Alcohol should be served in a 'reasonable, safe manner': AI to cabin crew

Cabin crew observations of the quantity, rate and type of alcohol consumed by a guest can help in the assessment of whether that person is unduly intoxicated

Air India Express flight returns to Thiruvananthapuram after technical snag

An Air India Express flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Muscat, Oman returned shortly after take-off due to a technical glitch in its on-board computer system. The flight, IX 549, which took off from the state capital of Kerala at 8.30 AM returned to the international airport here at 9.17 AM after one of the pilots noticed the technical glitch. "All 105 passengers and the cabin crew are safe," an Air India Express spokesperson said. The airline is attempting to arrange another flight for the passengers and it's expected to take off from here at 1 PM, he said. All passengers are being well taken care of, he added.

AI 'pee-gate': Delhi court extends accused judicial custody by 14 days

The Patiala House Court extended the judicial custody of Shankar Mishra, the man accused of urinating on an elderly female co-passenger in a drunk state on board a New York-New Delhi Air India flight

AI urination case: Pilots' body mulls legal course after pilot suspended

Air India pilots' body is considering legal recourse and other options, regarding aviation regulator suspending the licence of the pilot-in-command of the flight where a passenger allegedly urinated

Airbus to win 235 single-aisle jet orders under Air India relaunch -sources

The deal, roughly split with rival Boeing, is set to cover a total of 425 single-aisle jets including 235 Airbus A320neo-family planes as well as 190 Boeing 737 MAX airliners

Urination fiasco: Air India fined Rs 30 lakh; pilot grounded for 3 months

DGCA asks director of in-flight services to pay Rs 3 lakh

DGCA slaps Rs 30 lakh penalty on Air India for urination incident in flight

Aviation regulator DGCA has imposed a penalty of Rs 30 lakh on Air India as well as suspended the license of pilot-in-command of flight in which a person allegedly urinated on female co-passenger

Air India's mega jet deal with Airbus, Boeing held up by engine-cost debate

Air India has spent months negotiating an order of about 400 narrowbody and 100 widebody jets that would allow the country's flag carrier to upgrade service and reliability