New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is probing if Air India's highly applauded rescue flights from Yemen carried more passengers back home than aircraft capacity.
Earlier this month, AI had operated flights for 'Operation Rahat' wherein 182-seater Airbus A-321s were deployed for flying from India to Djibouti in Africa.From there, the aircraft would fly to Yemen's war-torn capital Sanaa to evacuate Indians and bring them back to India after a refuelling stop in Djibouti.
On April 9, the last day of Operation Rahat, AI operated three A-321s to Sanaa and car ried 610 people out of the city -while the planes' combined capacity was 546.
"DGCA joint DG Lalit Gupta has asked for all papers of Operation Rahat to see how many people were carried in the aircraft and if the number of passengers was more than the seating capacity," said a source.
21/04/15 Economic Times
Earlier this month, AI had operated flights for 'Operation Rahat' wherein 182-seater Airbus A-321s were deployed for flying from India to Djibouti in Africa.From there, the aircraft would fly to Yemen's war-torn capital Sanaa to evacuate Indians and bring them back to India after a refuelling stop in Djibouti.
On April 9, the last day of Operation Rahat, AI operated three A-321s to Sanaa and car ried 610 people out of the city -while the planes' combined capacity was 546.
"DGCA joint DG Lalit Gupta has asked for all papers of Operation Rahat to see how many people were carried in the aircraft and if the number of passengers was more than the seating capacity," said a source.
21/04/15 Economic Times
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