BENGALURU (Reuters) -India’s aviation regulator has fined Indigo Airlines over deficiencies in documentation and operations in a special audit after a series of tail strike incidents on the carrier’s A321 aircraft this year, the civil aviation ministry said on Friday.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has levied a penalty of 3 million rupees ($36,475) for deficiencies in the carrier’s documentation and procedures of operations training, engineering and flight data monitoring, the ministry said.
Indigo’s response to the regulator’s show cause notice was reviewed at various levels in the government and found to be unsatisfactory, the ministry said.
The company is examining the regulator’s order and will respond in due time, it said in a statement, adding that DGCA has allowed IndiGo one month to make an appeal.
Indigo aircrafts have experienced as many as four tail strike incidents in the first six months of this year.
The DGCA has directed Interglobe Aviation, which operates IndiGo, to amend its documents and procedures in line with regulatory requirements.
($1 = 82.2489 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Sethuraman NR and Biplob Kumar Das in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D’Souza)
