He also questioned why senior IndiGo officials were let off the hook with a mere warning, citing the magnitude of the error that snowballed into an aviation crisis. And it was deliberate because the pilots were available, the cabin crew was available, the aircraft were available, but the flight never went. The amount also includes a one-time systemic penalty of ₹1.80 crore for violation of civil aviation requirements (CAR) norms. Subsequently, it submitted a pilot recruitment and induction schedule to DGCA,” Singh posted on X. He mentioned that the DGCA findings did not mention anything about pilot shortage, and no individual was held accountable for the manpower planning failure.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2026 01:54 UTC