Indian airline executives suspended for safety violations
India’s aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended two senior executives of AirAsia India for ‘safety violations.’
Head of Operations Manish Uppal and Head of Flight Safety Mukesh Nema have been suspended for three months.
"We had issued a show cause notice to two AirAsia India executives. It has been decided now to suspend them for a period of three months," a DGCA official said.
The probe came about after AA pilot Gaurav Taneja, who runs a popular YouTube channel, uploaded a video titled ‘Reasons behind suspension from my pilot job.’
It highlighted alleged violations of safety procedure at the budget airline.
The video gained a lot of traction in the media and with the general public leading to the eventual firing of Taneja.
Written by Ray Montgomery, Asia Pacific editor
TravelMole Editorial Team
Editor for TravelMole North America and Asia pacific regions. Ray is a highly experienced (15+ years) skilled journalist and editor predominantly in travel, hospitality and lifestyle working with a huge number of major market-leading brands. He has also cover in-depth news, interviews and features in general business, finance, tech and geopolitical issues for a select few major news outlets and publishers.
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