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In the early hours of January 16, the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (. ) issued show cause notices to. and Mumbai Airport, said a statement issued by the ministry...
According to the notices, both Indigo and Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) were not proactive in anticipating the situation and making the appropriate facilitation arrangements for passengers at the airport..
The flight operation was planned and executed without taking passenger convenience, laid down security norms and the operational issues into account," the ministry said.. With respect to Indigo, the show cause. has been issued for the violation of Rule 51 of the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023, AvSec Order 02/2019 and order dated 21.09.2021 regarding failure to observe due aviation security procedures in respect of Flight no..
The notice says that Indigo allowed disembarkation of passengers from flight 6E 2195 on to the apron and then boarded them on to flight 6E 2091 on January 15 at Mumbai airport, without following the procedure of security screening, which is in violation of the above mentioned orders. Further, the incident was not reported to BCAS by the aircraft operator which attributes to violation of Rule 51 of the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023...
For MIAL, show-cause notice was issued for the violation of Rule 51 of the Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2023 regarding failure to report an incident in respect of Flight no. 6E 2195 which landed at the Mumbai Airport..
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