‘Endangering lives of people on board’: DGCA slaps fine of Rs 10 lakh on Vistara for letting untrained pilot land flight in Indore

New Delhi: Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Tata group carrier Vistara for violation of take-off and landing clearance given to first officers without conducting any training.

"A penalty of Rs 10 lakh has been levied on the airline for the safety related violation. The violation was detected during a landing at Indore airport," official sources told UNI.

The official explained that a training is conducted for the first officer to land the aircraft in the simulator before they can do it at the aircraft with passengers onboard.

In the same way, a captain is also trained at simulator before he/she can give landing to the first officer.

"Aircraft was being landed by the first officer without the captain or the first officer trained at the simulator," the official said adding that the safety lapse endangered lives of the passengers onboard.

Recently, aviation regulator DGCA had slapped a Rs 10-lakh fine on SpiceJet for training 737 Max aircraft’s pilots on a faulty simulator. (UNI)