AHMEDABAD/PANAJI: Two days after a passenger used to be stuck smoking aboard an Ahmedabad-Goa flight, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the subject. The alleged incident occurred on December 25 — a 23-year-old student from Ahmedabad, Karan G, used to be discovered smoking in the bathroom on Indigo Airlines flight 6E-947 from Ahmedabad to Goa. Smoking violates airplane protection rules.
The director of SVPI Airport stated: “We have initiated a departmental inquiry into the subject and appropriate action will be taken as soon as the inquiry committee submits its file inside every week.” The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) bans flyers from sporting such material as flammable items like lighters and strike-anywhere fits; sharp gadgets reminiscent of scissors; life like replicas of weapons; wearing goods; tools; and weapons and firearms.
Well-placed sources confirmed that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official who used to be deployed at the checkpoint at the home terminal of town airport for scanning cabin luggage has been got rid of from screening duties in the security cling house. “The particular person has been issued a chargesheet. After clearance, the individual will be put thru a refresher direction,” a supply stated.
According to police officials at the Dabolim police station in Goa, the person used to be booked and fined for the offence. The passenger claimed that he used to be now not conscious of the current civil aviation norms. According to sources, a complaint used to be filed towards the passenger at Dabolim police station and the passenger used to be passed over to the Central Industrial Security Force.
The director of SVPI Airport stated: “We have initiated a departmental inquiry into the subject and appropriate action will be taken as soon as the inquiry committee submits its file inside every week.” The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) bans flyers from sporting such material as flammable items like lighters and strike-anywhere fits; sharp gadgets reminiscent of scissors; life like replicas of weapons; wearing goods; tools; and weapons and firearms.
Well-placed sources confirmed that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) official who used to be deployed at the checkpoint at the home terminal of town airport for scanning cabin luggage has been got rid of from screening duties in the security cling house. “The particular person has been issued a chargesheet. After clearance, the individual will be put thru a refresher direction,” a supply stated.
According to police officials at the Dabolim police station in Goa, the person used to be booked and fined for the offence. The passenger claimed that he used to be now not conscious of the current civil aviation norms. According to sources, a complaint used to be filed towards the passenger at Dabolim police station and the passenger used to be passed over to the Central Industrial Security Force.
AAI orders inquiry into mid-air smoking
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