IndiGo, Mumbai airport get notice after passengers seen eating on tarmac

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New Delhi, January 16

Aviation security watchdog BCAS has issued showcause notices to IndiGo and Mumbai airport operator MIAL over the incident of passengers having food on the airport tarmac on Sunday, according to official sources.

passengers of IndiGo Goa-Delhi who after 12 hours delayed flight got diverted to Mumbai having dinner just next to indigo plane pic.twitter.com/jGL3N82LNS

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Many passengers rushed out of an IndiGo aircraft at the Mumbai airport, sat on the tarmac, and some were seen having food there as soon as their diverted Goa-Delhi flight landed after a long delay.

Both IndiGo and MIAL were not proactive in anticipating the situation and making the appropriate facilitation arrangements for passengers at the airport, as per the notices issued by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).

Sources said the aircraft was allotted a remote bay C-33 instead of a Contact Stand, an aircraft parking stand that is suitable for walking passengers to and from an aircraft from an allocated boarding gate. This further added to passenger woes and deprived them the opportunity to avail basic facilities like rest rooms and refreshments at the terminal, they added.

After a video of passengers eating on the tarmac at Mumbai airport went viral on social media on Monday, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held a meeting with all ministry officials at around 12.30 am on Tuesday, sources said.

In the early hours of Tuesday, the BCAS issued showcause notices to Indigo and MIAL, they added.

The Mumbai airport is operated by the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL).

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