Safety lapses found in IndiGo, DGCA issues notice to 4 executives: Report

The IndiGo office in Gurgaon faced an audit carried out by the DGCA on July 8th and 9th and issued show cause notices to its four executives.

Four senior executives of IndiGo airline were issued show cause notices Friday by the DGCA after a special audit team of the aviation regulator found safety lapses, according to sources privy to the development.

Four senior executives of IndiGo airline were issued show cause notices Friday by the DGCA. (HT file photo)

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) carried out the audit at the IndiGo office in Gurgaon on July 8 and July 9, the sources said.

“Captain Sanjiv Bhalla, Head of Training; Captain Hemant Kumar, Chief of Flight Safety; Captain Ashim Mitra, Senior Vice President - Operations; Captain Rakesh Srivastava, QA (Quality Assurance) and Ops Safety - these four executives of IndiGo have been issued show cause notices today,” a source told PTI.