Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, June 2: The aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) fined Vistara Rs 10 lakh on Thursday for allowing a co-pilot to land the plane at Indore without the required simulator training.
“Vistara has been fined by DGCA for violation of takeoff and landing clearance given to first officers without conducting any training. A penalty of ten lakh has been levied on the airline for the said lapse. It was detected during a landing in Indore,” said DGCA.
Vistara afterwards issued a statement calling it a regrettable infraction and emphasising that passenger and crew safety is always top priority.
According to the guidelines, the first officer must practice landing the plane on a simulator before doing so on a real plane with passengers on board.
The act, according to the DGCA, was a major breach because it jeopardised the security of flyers.
Notably, Vistara is an Indian full-service airline operated by Tata-SIA Airlines Limited, a joint venture between Tata and Singapore. SpiceJet had already been fined Rs.10 lakh by the DGCA for training 737 Max aircraft pilots on a malfunctioning simulator on Monday.
