63 passengers have been placed on “No Fly List” in last one year

In the last 1 year, a total of 63 passengers have been placed on the “No Fly List” for such period, as recommended by the airline’s Internal Committee, constituted in accordance with Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR), Section 3- Air Transport, Series M, and Part VI titled “Handling of unruly/disruptive passengers”. These include 02 (two) incidents of urinating that have come to the notice of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in the last 01 year.

As per the provision mentioned in CAR, a ‘No Fly List’ is maintained by DGCA containing specific information related to the passenger involved, contact details of identification documents, date of occurrence, sector, flight number, period of imposition of the ban, etc. The majority of passengers placed on the “No Fly List” were for violations related to not wearing masks or not obeying the instructions of crew members.

As regards specific incidents related to urination, the following action was taken by DGCA for non-compliance with applicable regulations:

1) AI-102 flight, New York to New Delhi dated 26.11.2022.

(i) Financial Penalty of Rs.30,00,000/- (Rupees Thirty Lakh only) has been imposed on M/s Air India.

(ii) Financial Penalty of Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees Three Lakh only) has been imposed on the Director Flight services of M/s Air India.

(iii) License of Pilot in Command suspended for three months.

2) AI-142, Paris to New Delhi dated 06.12.2022.

(i) Financial Penalty of Rs.10,00,000/- (Rupees Ten Lakh only) has been imposed by DGCA on M/s Air India.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation Gen. (Dr) V. K. Singh, (Retd) in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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