47 flights by IndiGo cancelled after DGCA grounds planes
47 IndiGo flights cancelled after DGCA grounds planes with faulty engines A day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) grounded 11 A320 Neo aircraft with faulty engines; IndiGo airlines cancelled 47 flights on Tuesday. Of the 11 grounded planes, eight belong to IndiGo and three to another budget airline, GoAir. Along with flights from and to Delhi, Flights to places such as Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Patna, Bhubaneswar, Amritsar, Cochin, Mumbai and Varanasi were also hit. “The affected passengers would be accommodated on other flights on our network,” an IndiGo spokesperson said. With Monday’s decision, 14 Neo aircraft, including 11 of IndiGo, have been grounded since February after European Aviation Safety Agency issued an emergency airworthiness directive. DGCA cracked the whip after an IndiGo flight bound for Lucknow returned to Ahmedabad within 40 minutes of its getting airborne due to a mid-air engine failure on Monday. -PTC News
